Coincidence Pursued

I ran across a coincidence yesterday. Not too long ago, I began reading Friedrich Nietzsche and began to find many of his philosophies attractive. Currently, I am reading two books by two authors who conducted a seminar I attended. While reading passages from both books on the same day, I happened across references to Nietzsche.
I thought that was somewhat odd, and like all coincidences, I paid attention to it.
That led me to write this poem. Enjoy.

Over Goings

Thus began his down going,
Still going, extending
Forward, till today,
Speaking,
In a loud scriptural boom,
Of the ubermensch.

Abandon super-earthly hopes, he said.
I am only rope,
Something between ape
And ubermensch.
What have I done to surpass man?
How can I surpass my being?
Does it rhyme with “peachy”?
Or is it “meetchya”?
Like, “nice to meetchya”?
I never got it straight.

If I am the rope,
When will I know
I’ve been surpassed?
Maybe you never notice
It passing, like the awaited
transformation
After losing your virginity.
It comes and goes,
Sudden and silent,
Leaving you no note
Or souvenir of its passing.

Did he surpass man?
Can anyone really?
What was his over going?
In the end,
He died,
Like god,
But crazier.
Perhaps the ubermensch
Is attained through death,
Reaching immortality.
Isn’t that a super-earthly hope?