Give and Take

Life is surprising in what it gives and takes

Sometimes it can be hard to know

If it is one or the other

On the occasion it may even be both

Something given

Only to take away something else away

It finds a balance

Harmonious within the nature it operates

It knows not all things given are good

And not all things taken are bad

It is our judge , our scale

The faceless puppet master of destiny

We at the whim of strings

Pulled through life

Given and taken

Through its trials

Again and again

Given to be taken

Taken to be given

Elizabeth Almeida ©2021