Ignorance is Bliss [Lyric Poem]

A turtle swims to water's edge,
and finds before him a steep bluff.
He makes himself a solemn pledge,
"I'll scale this cliff, however tough!"
Struggling over the toilsome rim,
he sees another wall of stone
stands just ahead - tormenting him.
"Just one more, I'll not piss and moan."
If he could know that it was stairs,
He'd have some turtle curse words to share.

PROMPT: Fate / Destiny

Do you believe in fate/destiny?

No. Life would be hard to bear if one believed one were just playing out a program, and was not a free agent.

That said, I can’t say I have enough information to have a strong belief in the opposite (i.e. free will.)

So, like a number of other big philosophical questions, it is one for which I prefer ignorance over delusion.