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Unbroken Chain

by Ashok Sharda


There isn't any good
Nor is there any evil
in the eyes of nature
There is an unbroken chain
Of cause and effect causing events

The impression I am in, now
Will not sustain
In the event that is
bound by laws to effectuate

This effect shall bind
The course of the morrow
metamorphosing into a cause
To cause yet another effect tomorrow

The cause of all that is present
is a projection of the past
The present hangs upon
At the mercy of the past

Can there be any future
Independent of the past
Can one ever break this chain
To stop past from effecting now?

07/26/2005

Posted on 07/25/2005
Copyright © 2024 Ashok Sharda

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 07/26/05 at 02:48 AM

Intriguing expression of cause and effect. I must disagree on the premise that there is no good or evil. Perhaps that can be said of the natural world but not of the human world and its relation to God, the Creator. As usual, thought provoking.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 07/27/05 at 02:17 PM

Although I don't agree with the first two lines, there's plenty of clean cut logic and wisdom throughout the rest. Superbly stated Ashok.

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 07/28/05 at 01:21 PM

it seems to me there is only one certainty; that this whirling dervish and curious nature of ours will spin our wheels into a froth of philosophy and all the while we indulge from its futile cup it is opening our eyes to mystery ( and here is the rub ) only to conceal and seal them again in greater mysteries.

Posted by Graeme Fielden on 07/28/05 at 03:41 PM

this is indeed a philosophically challenging piece, Ashok.The question that I pondered after reading it...If you replaced the word "Nature", with the word, "God" in the 3rd line - would you reach the same conclusion? Nice work :)

Posted by Charles E Minshall on 08/03/05 at 04:10 AM

Another fine Ashokian poem...Well done Ashok...Charlie

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