Fate, By Rosa M. Hynes who Passed Away. copyright,1935 Poem by Tamara Beryl Latham

Fate
by Rosa M. Hynes,1935

What is this fate that rules our lives
And steers its course through uncut roads;
That ties our hands and helpless we
Must carry on with heavy loads?

What is this thing that takes our hearts
And wounds us till we cry aloud;
That fills our souls with vain desires,
And makes us lonely in a crowd?

What thing gives love, while we with tears
And humble sacrifice must pay
The precious price for happiness;
yet, like a dream is snatched away?

It urges us to build our hopes
Toward joy, then gives us grief and hate;
Wrecks our lives and breaks our hearts,
Though dead, we live; 'pon death to wait?