Fate

The secret is
you have to be willing
to let it happen,
or your fortune will take it's toll.
We all know this,
those of us who have lived
like hell and
returned not quite
revived,
but grateful for not being dead

It takes a toll on your life
to not be willing
to open up
and
just let things happen.
And they happen
you know, sometimes
it just happens

The falling in love,
the fights,
the kids,
the wife,
the house, the job,
the never ending list
of life's most treasured quirks

The most marvelous and the most awful
things
happen, while you're looking at
something else.
And we wonder if our lives are ever really
quite our own,
knowing that the choices have been
sold
as all ours.

4/18/2010