A crystal ball? An amazing tool,
it can be believed by any fool.
Makes up the future, the now and past,
and it can not tell you how long you’ll last.
It can only tell you that now you live,
that you’re here now, that you believe
that there may be a future too.
One day you’ll die, now that bit’s true.
Apart from that, the future’s yours,
You have to make your own encores.
Divining the future is just a lie,
the only truth is, one day you’ll die.
So don’t believe in tarot readings,
crystal balls and new beginnings,
Believe in you, what you’ll achieve,
Not fairy tales you don’t believe.
A crystal ball’s just a piece of glass
On a piece of wood and a ring of brass
It has no power to call its’ own.
No one’s future has it ever shown.
©joseph r mason 2020
In response to Eugenia’s weekly prompt:
Joseph R. Mason 
A delightful and lyrical piece, Joseph! It’s true per your line “You have to make your own encores.” Thank you so much for joining in.
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So true. We chart our future.
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We have no future except with Jesus.
John 3:16-18 NIV
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
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