How would you define destiny,
Should time and space cease to be?
And what does it mean to be free,
In the context of eternity?
O what vanity to juxtapose,
A fickle heart and seeking mind,
And thereupon to presuppose
That fate to folly shall be kind!
What truth is truth if relative,
With no standard absolute?
Is there the ultimate superlative,
Of knowledge that is resolute?
How fragile is faith should it require,
Violence to guard it's gate?
And what sacrifice, what test by fire,
Does justice necessitate?
No seek I not to philosophize,
On complex global issues rife;
But merely just to summarize,
My pondering on thoughts of life.
Eric Anthony Trott
9th July 2015
