PREDICTION
PREDICTION
Suppose currents are known
And out from lakeŽs shore
Boat and rider are launched
Without paddle or oar.
Where they will travel
Is easy to know.
But if the rider takes paddles
He may choose where heŽll go.
Motions of stars and planets
Follow patterns stable.
Where theyŽll be years ahead
To predict we are able.
Heavenly bodies radiate
Constant types of powers.
Predicting future influences is
A skill that can be ours.
But how people react,
How they utilize ---
What they do with these forces:
Therein lies the surprise.
With a given set of forces
people may fall or may rise.
Some people let chances slip by,
Others respond to calls from the
skies.
We (not fate) determine where we go.
No one can predict where we may