Certainty and Uncertainty - Shakespeare's Monkeys

Certainty and Uncertainty

I
Let me get lost.
Let me encounter something new.
Let me be one of those GIs in the war
who get laid for the sake of expediency.
Let me be on the edge of a cliffhanger.
Let me be starting a love affair
where things could go either way.
Let me lick and stick a finger in the air
to see which way the wind blows.
Let me play the darting fish
that may yet escape the net.
Let me be where the earthquake hits.
Let me play Russian roulette.
Let me get knocked down by a bus
and survive a plane crash.
Let me roll the dice.
Let me win the lottery.
Let me tear-up the insurance policy.
Let me get struck by lightning twice.
Let me gamble my life savings.
Give me free will and chaos;
flick a coin, call heads or tails.
Let me go off the rails;
let everything hang in the balance.
Give me a life determined by chance.

II

Let my comfort zone hold.
Give me a pipe and slippers.
Give me timetables and procedures.
Let me grow old.
Let fortunes be told.
Let paths be predicted,
rules be obeyed.
Let me stick like a limpet
to the rock of ages.
Give me daily bread
and familiar faces.
Give me measured stages
in a steady continuum.
Let me stick to the facts,
follow logical paths.
Let my day be humdrum.
Let me take it for granted
Let me tick like a clock.
Let my mind be mapped,
and my genes be sequenced.
Let my love be solid as rock.
Let me be a human resource
where projects run to plan.
Let me stay the course.
Let me end where I began.