FATE LOVES THE FEARLESS

"FATE LOVES THE FEARLESS"
~James Russell Lowell
(1819-1891)

An analysis by Christian San Jose

Fate can be both fulfilling and futile, fleeting and forever.
Fate are for the mortals, the non-gods to whom
Tomorrow always holds a different promise from Yesterday.
Where today is to be seized as well as to build for the future,
Where both the pasts' mistakes and victories
Are but the Wisdom that you now hold,

Though fate alone will not move mountains
Will not part oceans
Will not sway hearts and captivate minds
One needs to dare reality,
To challenge ourselves to be bigger
Than how small we seem to ourselves,
To how infinitesimal we seem to the whole world.
To leap before we look* as Auden had relayed ,
For no matter what we see
We will still have to jump.
To be fearless, no matter the circumstance,
For in the end, fear is but the root of love**
To fear something is to not understand it,
And to fully understand it is but passion,
And what is passion but a complete form of Love?

Fate does not smile on those who fear love,
For how can you understand love,
If you dont fully commit your all to it?
For there is no other way to get wet,
But to jump completely into the water.
If fear is because of a lack of understanding,
And love is complete understanding,
Then where does this leave the ones who fear love?
They are neither alive nor dead, in Heaven or in Hell,
In Limbo they walk for they dared not tempt fate.
Do not fear love,
For I assure you, that love has no room for fear,
And whatever happens in all of it,
Can either be by design or by fate,
Once again depending on how deep our understanding of love is.
So I ask you how deep is your understanding...translating,
How deep is your love?***

Love is not pretending,****
Nor is it condescending.
Not one love is greater than the other
Though it does once again depend on understanding.
So in the end, we should not question love,
Nor should we fear it.
For love will free us of fear,
And love will provide all the answers that life questions.
Love allows us to ascend,
The power to make wounds mend,
For it, Time and Reality will bend.
Logic and Reason,
Emotion and Imagination,
Will ultimately blend.

So in conclusion...
Fear is because we dared not Love,
Love is because we Feared not Fate
And Fate is because we were Fearless in the face of Love.


~ Christian San Jose




[Bibliography]

* W.H. Auden (1907-19793) Poem "Leap Before you Look"
** Death Cab For Cutie - "I will follow you into the dark"
*** Boyz2Men - "How Deep is your Love"
**** Jason Mraz - "Bright Lights"