The Captain

am I the captain of
my own voyage?

in a choose-your-own-
adventure-sense, I am

the gamebook fanatics
in the united kingdom
mapped out all the
decisions for one book,

and that map was large,

indescribably but finitely large,

and when you draw the assumption
toward the whole of humankind,

then the number becomes
disgustingly large,

like the number of ways
a rubik's cube can be
rearranged,

that many decisions,

that many possible paths,

all still within the natural realm
and yet nature uses her forceful
hand to keep the race in check,

maybe there's a supernatural
component to it all,

or maybe there isn't,

and still the question remains,

am I the captain of my own voyage?

the question may always remain silent,

forever silent that is

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

This brings back memories of some of the "cool" stuff from when I was younger, the Rubik's Cube, the Choose-you-own-adventure and so on...the parallels between the games and the questions about one's place int the universe is unique...a cool piece.

[Kenneth The Poet]

I must agree here. I was a child of that era as well.

[kublakhan27]

Right on

[TLK]

"all still within the natural realm
and yet nature uses her forceful
hand to keep the race in check"

Excellent.


There are more possible connections between neurons in the human brain than there are stars in the universe. (I paraphrase; might be incorrect).

[Kenneth The Poet]

I think you may be right.

[oxo]

simple yet philosophical. nice one.

[Kenneth The Poet]

thanks oxo