Skill or Luck?

Winning the lottery, investing at right time in the right stocks, 

Buying a property early, in the upcoming premium blocks,

Inheriting an unexpected fortune, lady luck shines all the way,

You attribute to your skill and strategy, shrewdness - come what may. 

Wealth does not always compound exponential, you mange a steady growth,

You save regularly by earning well, avoid like leech greed and sloth.

The roller-coaster of gambling, is replaced by a strong work ethic,

To keep your job and avoid layoffs, you placate planets that are malefic.

Cooperative banking scam happens, you lose your retirement kitty,

You put all your eggs in a basket, they are now rotten- what a pity. 

Investment in art and crypto, didn't pick off or were regulated out, 

You blame yourself for your situation, that risky bets led to your rout.

Be it success or failure, that shouldn't decide whether we were right or wrong,

It's not a matter of either skill or luck, without lyrics there would be no song.

Chance, Choice, Chase and Chaos

Chance determines, in which family you are born,

You're thrown in the world, alone and forlorn.

But the bonds of blood, shape and define your lifelong schemas,

How you attach with your parents, how you resolve future dilemmas.   

You exercise some choice, as to whom you want to befriend,

Which relationships to nurture, which ones to simply end.

The bond is of mutual admiration, same begets the same.

With common interests you sail through, be it pleasure or pain. 

You chase a mirage, an idealized soul mate,

Settle for the good enough, thank your fate.

The bond with the beloved, stretches you to grow,

Makes you a better man, keeps your vices in tow.

 

You surrender to the chaos, there are strange attractors all around,

As the buttery flaps its wings, even at a distance, you remain tethered and bound.