On Destiny Poem by Sara Militello

I don't believe in 'destiny'
lest one acquiesces to an enemy.

I don't believe lives are cast in stone;
that to some unearned debt
must one atone for fated flings
that smile alone on guileless things.

I do believe for each inequity must a lie;
for each tyranny must an unanswered 'why? '
that for each unaddressed sigh
must history repeat by and by.

I do believe the whole creates reality
Each piece, each each of us
Made of each a separate 'we'
Adds to the lot of things we 'be'.

Many wield the power of calamity;
burn, bomb, maim, draw their tanks around
to stain with gore and grime a ground
matching the one on time after time.

Only a few opt to stand against tyranny;
so who cannot see the 'why? ' of reality
except to blame it on the Gods,
Must, but for not, surrender to 'destiny'.

(May 1,1993)