[Thoughts on a Long Bicycle Ride. March 24, 2020]
Mom lost her Mom at nine years of age.
Was it simply population dynamics and symbioses?
Did it involve Free Will?
Or was it “simply the Lord’s Will”?
Let the philosophers and scientists decide.
Brother Lawrence—
One of the very best—
Died way too soon.
Was it dynamic symbioses?
Or did he purposely die
By the Hands of God? …
Let the philosophers decide?
A dear sector of our family left me long ago.
Was this action, and circumstances therein, Free Willed?
Or was it the works of god?
I don’t know!
Let the behavioral scientists and philosophers decide.
Mom didn’t know me last time I visited.
Is there truly a medical explanation?
Or was it God’s Will?
Let the scientists decide.
Will coronaviruses get us …
• Because of dynamics of ecological community and symbioses?
• Through our collective “Free Will”?
• Or are we but in the Hands of God?
Let the scientists and philosophers decide.
Will the loved ones who left me, return?
Will it be through critical thinking and decision-making?
Or will it simply be humans at their best or worst behaviors,
Or something in between?
Or through a god’s will?
I don’t know.
Let the psychologists, physiologists, and philosophers decide.
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pbm 3/25/2020
