billiards

i grieve the lost
city of atlantis buried
under silt & lives lost long
years ago, curdled in time.

it's not meant-to-be that bothers
me so much as the purpose of the meaning
i mean if god's just shooting pool
and i get run over by the seven ball
on my way to the beach then wtf? i should
worship that overgrown pan?
it'll happen if i chose it or not in fact
choice doesn't enter into the room
in fact there is no room in fact
the act may seem random
but there is a deliberate aim
and the player is the master
winning a bet with herself.