Prophecy

Poem on how the choices we make affect our lives

Photo by SkandaRamana

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. —Khalil Gibran

this morning I picked up
my copy of the prophet
and thought to myself
we are all prophets

of our own lives
we all make choices
that preordain our lives
we choose our path

through life
what if I hadn’t
fallen for my ex-husband
I would have forestalled

heartache peculiar to me
but I would not have
experienced incredible 
peculiar heart love that

came with a daughter
who loves as deeply
and makes her own choices
and suffers her own heartaches

that preordain her life
then I think about how
life cycles continue
through generations

what if our choices 
are also preordained
which begs the question
what about free will?

Author’s Note

This poem was inspired by a

Mark Kolke

post where he included the above quote by Khalil Gibran.

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