𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.’s 30-Day Poetry Challenge
Karma
Tanka of the mystical books and records maintained in the Akashic Halls of Justice
Day 7: Choice offers reward or consequences
Butterfly choices Accountability scales Justice swings both ways Intents have consequences Deposits and withdrawals
Decoder Ring | Marcus’ Meanderings
The prompt implies that consequences differ from rewards — the latter positive and the former negative. I beg to differ, and so does the Webster Universal Dictionary.
Event which follows upon something else which is, or appears to be the cause.
Importance, consideration, value.
The first line of the tanka evokes free will and “the butterfly effect.”
“The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in the path or a breath caught at sight of a pretty girl or a fingernail nicked in the garden soil.” — John Steinbeck from East of Eden.
The word scales in the second line evokes micro and macro effects of choices as noted by Steinbeck as well as a balance scale for weighing and meeting justice — accountability for one’s actions — karma.
All those concepts are contained in the second, third and fourth lines, with the fifth line bringing home the concept that choices have both positive and negative consequences as deposits into or withdrawals from one’s cosmically maintained karmic bank account result from one’s intents.
Please enjoy Fiona Apple’s apt rendition of one of my favorite songs by my favorite band
Here is the link to 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.’s 30-day poetry challenge:
Here is the link to my previous entry, from which you can navigate to the others as well:
In Rama I create,
