God doesn't play dice .... Albert Einstein

I threw some dice today
and frowned to myself
for they refused to add up

every way I counted
every way I looked
I'd lost

I long to pick them up
juggle them, jiggle them
roll them again

but I am afraid
what if they never add up?

Is life a game of chance
an exercise in luck?

or can you take control
you choose the way
the dice will roll?
 

Should I try
just one more time
hold them loosely
shake them up a bit

or toss them aside
say a prayer
and this time, Trust?


Mandy Edwards © 2013