Sonnet-Emulate If Need Be

There is no harm if we should imitate A Master's work or copy his life-style; There is no thing we sometimes call as 'Fate'; 'Tis left to each to walk or run Life's mile. There is a tinge of sub-lying likeness, In art or craft of all earthlings, we see; All underlying good, we must harness; The faults, mistakes and blunders- let them be. The string of Life's kite, we all tend to hold Was flown by Forefathers in Winds unknown; Some learn to fly it only when quite old; The moment some hold it, the kite is down! There is no harm in emulating then The good achieved by all our earlier men.