A candle’s brief flame,
A star’s endless light—
Both born of one source,
Both bound in the finite.
We call it free will,
Yet rivers yield to the sea.
The cosmos favors the probable,
Not the bold, nor the free.
Waves still break as empires fall,
Lightning fades yet leaves its scar.
Prayers take root beyond our call,
Kingdoms vanish, silent, far.
A maze of hidden doors,
Each cause unlocks another.
No measure here of time or space,
Yet all paths meet each other.
In fire and flood, in chance and plan,
In roots that break, in skies that span—
All truth is drawn, all paths relent,
All within the God Quadrant.