If We Can Do It

If We Can Do It 

I can’t change
The path of the future,
But I can
Temper its passion and pace.
 
I can’t beat
Or avoid providence.
I must just
Meet it, and look in its face.
 
To confront,
But not control our fate.
To survive,
Not exaggerate our place.
 
The Power
That we have over it:
Over it all…
Over matter, time and space…
 
We are not God.
We are not gods.
Even if God,
Does not exist.
 
We cannot control,
Can only resist…
And define our role,
So we can survive.
 
That is all we can do,
If we can do it.
And if we can do it,
We hail it as true.