the illusion

of control

by Roberto Lavidez

the illusion

of control

makes

the difference

between life

and death

a cloak behind

which the

individual

can make

the very

careful

weighing of

all the elements

of the situation

bathed in the

flat sunshine

of an early

May dawn

asserts that

a rupture

would be

inevitable

hurling

the world

toward its

destination

of an ever-

more complex

future

having nothing

left to which

to resist

to minimize

both the peril

and the

confusion

it's all about

belief and

you’ve got

to want

to believe

a willingness

to think

beyond

borders

creating

within

ourselves

a sense of

the ineffable

that no matter

what else

might happen

all are ways

in which

the universe

has ratcheted

upward

in degrees

of order

everything else

around it

would collapse

making days

worse than

your most

appalling

nightmare

making for

a needless

confounding

mess

spreading

as rapidly

as the germs

of plague

a point of

understanding

and compromise

cannot be

reached

too contentious

and speculative

to resolve

the underestimation

was from

blindness

those who

had mortified

themselves

in the name

of God

had the

message

pierced

to the heart

of matters

all hope

of surprise

would come

to nothing

in the end

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