eric sundin

Life’s hilly road winds abstruse
sometimes circuitous
Of what befalls we’re obtuse
shall seem gratuitous

Perhaps fortuitously
not by divine keyboard?
Events evolve furtively
warnings often ignored

Aren’t we oddly innocent of what is untoward
as when what seemed ‘punishment’ later turns out ‘reward’?

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-abstruse = incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
-gratuitous = uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted
-obtuse = lacking in insight or discernment
-untoward = unexpected & inappropriate or inconvenient

edited 03/20/24 0730