Fate

[Pitchblack]

- As I stand in front of the door that holds my fate
- I suddenly realize
- Fate is a personified being
- The great puppeteer
- Pulling the strings of life
- Over which we have no control
- I'm not sorry for what I've done
- Fate is to blame

[MorpheusSandman]

It's a bit of a naive philosophical statement that doesn't really jive with what we know about quantum mechanics, not to mention that blaming "fate" for something you (I mean, the speaker "you") did is a weak rationalization.

[Pitchblack]

I guess I don't know enough about quantum mechanics to justify my naive philosophical statement or weak rationalization. Thanks for the support though.

[hillwalker]

It seems rather a huge leap from NOT realising the role of fate to realising it.

You tell us it just happened - and include the rather cliche'ed motif of fate as the grand puppeteer - but holding fate responsible for something the narrator did when he was not aware of fate's role is a little confusing. Who did he think was to blame before he realised fate's role?

And is fate really the only thing that impels us to do what we do?

H

[AuntShecky]

When attempting to write verse, it's very important to avoid abstractions, such as "fate." I feel like the Ancient
Mariner, as lately I've been grabbing LitNutters by the collar and urging them to READ THIS:

http://wwwstage.valpo.edu/english/vpr/mcdonaldessay.html