Poem--Helplessness

Relentless, the Hand of Destiny:
Now showering grace with unwonted abundance,
Or whisking away from destitute fates;
Now binding in chains of cruel injustice,
Unchangeable, unbreakable, twisted and tight;
Rending heartstrings with a merciless wrench;
Knotting, un-knotting a thousand ties;
Now drawing together, now pulling apart;
Making and breaking, as if in play:
Destroying, creating in indifferent abandon.
With a touch, shattering a world of hopes,
With another, building anew…..
Like puppets dancing to chaotic whims
Of subtle, unseen cords,
Powerless in manipulation:
Behind the curtain of visibility—
An Omnipotent Puppeteer.