METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING…..
December 6, 2021 at 7:17 a.m.
‘tis Newton’s Law of Entropy which is to blame;
50 years hence, will anyone remember your name?
All too soon, you’ll be one of the dearly departed;
But this game is rigged; you can’t possibly win it,
and you won’t know that, when at first you begin it,
(at the time of your birth); so, here’s my take on it,
…for whatever it’s worth: just live each day as if
it’s your last one on earth, don’t jump to the future,
eschew the past; There’s no point in trying to suture
all those open cuts in your psyche (think scar tissue);
- or re-edit your personal history; (that’s not the issue);
to resolve that perennial mystery: just where do we go ...
when we die? (at the dissolution and death of the ego)...
Scripture says there is a destination, and that we ought
to believe it; after due deliberation……... I think not!
My religious indoctrination resulted in a profound schism
which I resolved by converting to (what else?) Darwinism.
and just for the record, I reject “Pascal’s wager”
and his flawed argument to boot; but as he’s not
available, my rebuttal is moot. However, I will
say this: to do as he suggests is most hypocritical.
As to other theological arguments, I am ecumenical.
The past is a canceled check (which you’re sorry you wrote)
The future? a good analogy might be ... a promissory note
The present? you might think of it as ‘disposable income’
which cannot be ‘saved’; it must be spent.
to waste it is a sin you’ll surely repent.
We’ve got to give back what we have been lent:
Awareness! a wondrous gift! it wasn’t meant…
to last forever; even the universe will succumb…
eventually; We think we know how it will turn out]-
Life’s endeavor; that all the stars will burn out:
then the flow of time itself is ended.
(to dwell on such imponderables is not recommended).
It’s said the world will end in fire, not ice; anyhow,
the guru, Ram Dass, had this advice: be here now.
COMPOSED BY (the muse of)
F. Xavier Harrison
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