Is the course of my travel cast upon my hand,
an ordnance survey map of trials.
The river runs smooth, to the easiest path to the ocean,
Electricity flows at the path of least resistance.
I wander as I please, perhaps, so I Believe.
but belief, is but misgiving, a vanity to ponder.
What do I know?
That we are all born in cruel fates hand,
the limits of our austerity.
All time is instant, but we perceive it relative to our station,
It exists only where there is form.
What path does that form take,
only that which influences it.
Is influence the keyholder of fate?
The card dealer, by chance crafting an unknown hand?
And do I decide to deal or to replace, change or submit,
Or does the dealer know my algorithm?
The game of life is the search for answer
the meaning of it all.
An what in eternal possibility, or even probability is the limit of meaning?
The algorithm of artificial intelligence cannot comprehend dadaism,
and yet produces flawed images and constructs.
It does not understand irony as we do, nor sarcasm, nor quirks,
they reign in chaos where the mavericks dance.
We can march onwards in time, in step, or momentary shuffle our feet,
upset the percussion, Syncopation.
We can be the eternal number of the ratio of a circle,
a constant, and yet eternal that can never be measured….
Like the present, impossible to distinguish from past or future,
split within a second, and divided eternally.
Belief and Fate are one column upon the temple.
Knowledge and eternal possibilities are its opposite.
Between them As the Arch and Keystone is the Observer, the wanderer of the path.
Do I Believe In Fate Destiny ? (Word Press Prompt 1/3/26)
The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.
Contents:-
1/ Book Reviews.
They’re not reviews as such- to recommend or asway, I neither seek to promote nor condemn, more my personal reflections on the books I read. In that respect it’s a subjective thing. I write the reviews as it instils in the mind, like writing down your dreams on waking, the right to remember.
2/ Short Stories and Tales
Short stories borne from imagination, dreams, thoughts and wanderings. Too large to be written in my journal of shadows.
3/ Full Books
Books that were once published elsewhere, I have full copyright on these, and of course given here freely.
4/ Magazines and Articles
Small snippets and articles that may or may not have appeared elsewhere, and information not included in Journal of shadows.
5/ Poetry
A small selection of poetry. Like song, I create as a means to an artistic diary.
6/ WordPress Challenges
Wordpress (where this website is hosted) offer up a daily prompt for people to answer, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.
I do not accept donations or offers, bribes etc, and do not advertise or am paid to promote anything either. All donations should be sent to either of the following ;-
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Email at the following ;-
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