tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669 (are we there yet?) kokopelle 2017-03-24T09:52:38Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669:506848 2015-03-16T01:44:28Z 2017-03-24T09:52:38Z contemplative public 0 Poetic inspiration is a funny thing. A dear friend shared thoughts about the cycles of life, how things repeat. This got me thinking about why cycles repeat. I then was watching past episodes of the television show Continuum. One of the characters said, “There is no fate, we chart our own course here and now.” This led to thoughts of similar lines in the Terminator movies. The end result is the poem “Past Message Future Fate”. I'm going to do some more poems on this topic. The things that motivate our actions is an incredibly rich topic.<br /><br /><br />Past Message Future Fate<br />Poem for Day 074 – 20150315<br /><br />If we got a message <br />from our future selves<br />warning of events<br />already occurred,<br />what would we do<br />in this present now<br />to set things right<br />in a future yet cast?<br /><br />Cycles fixed by habits,<br />triggering emotions,<br />strangling addictions,<br />get the best of us.<br />Is a fate assumed,<br />cast in stone not set?<br />Are our cycles now<br />fixed to yet repeat?<br /><br />The switch is flipped,<br />the light turns on.<br />The string is pulled,<br />the mannequin responds.<br />Warning is not from future,<br />It is from the past, <br />reservoir of yore wisdom<br />available in this present place.<br /><br />Do do you know who<br />flips the switch?<br />Do you see who<br />pulls the strings?<br />Best beware if not yourself,<br />observe cause in the past,<br />these will act again<br />against the impending self.<br /><br />So look to the message<br />of yesterday's echo.<br />See the fate that awaits<br />in the future now.<br />There is no fate,<br />only trends clearly known.<br />We chart our course here,<br />it is what we make for ourselves.<br /><br />© 2015. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&ditemid=506848" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments