Thresholds

Thresholds
humans
have a wealth of
faults
it doesn't matter if
fate
destiny
fortune
is a force of nature
or
we have
free will
because we are
resiliant
adaptable
irrepressible
we can find
deliverance
atonement
salvation
in the
easiest
simplest
effortless
acts of humanity
.
robots
machines
computers
cannot be
redeemed
life is a
fool's game
and
we are
fools
so be it
we are
alive
we are
human
we can
succeed
.
success
leads
to a certain kind of
arrogance
you begin to think
that if you do
well
you will
succeed
all the time
every time
this time
it is all very
logical
rational
reasonable
cause and effect
sober
sensible
scientific
but
that doesn't prepare you well for
failure
.
life is not
scientific
sensible
sober
it is not
reasonable
rational
logical
failure can be the
cure
success can be the
disease
attempting can be the
goal
natural selection only happens
in
a science experiment
and that
is not
natural
.
so
who
or what
makes the rules
and why
are the results
so
painful
?
all I know
is
our lives
our loves
our souls
depend
on continuing to
strive
stride
survive
so you never
ever
give up
.
it is
a self evident truth
that some paths
are better left
untrod
unknown
undiscovered
but there is no way
to know that
to realize that
to understand that
until you have walked
the path
.
we all make
missteps
mistakes
misjudgements
that is undeniably
human
but that is no
proof
excuse
reason
to leave a path
before
it leads
somewhere
.
the paths
we choose to walk
are simply
excursions
explorations
engagements
on the path
of life
be they
foolish or brave
stupid or smart
rewarding or painful
we are defined by
where we go
when we go
why we go
.
an untrod path
like
a life not lived
is a
dead
end
.