CHOICES
If I wanted to
I could’ve had you
But I did not choose to;
Instead, I let go
Opted for another road
Rather than share
One with you.
Trapped in a dream,
Wonderful while it lasted
But not a forever thing.
An illusion of love;
Something invented
Because it’s what we
Cannot live without.
Reality is a brutal
Disappointment;
A far cry from anything
One had once imagined.
The truth is stranger.
After the unveiling,
Coats of white,
Layers of black,
The truth lay naked
And exposed to
Our very eyes;
Realization dawned.
Circumstances change one;
Blow something and
You turn a life into
A barren wasteland;
One could alter another’s fate
If one chooses to.
I do not take pleasure
In someone else’s miseries;
Nor plunge into glee
When the other’s unhappy;
I try to look facts
Straight in the face;
Though I may not
Be pleased in what
It was to be revealed.
I do not wish back
For something already lost
Nor prolong what was
Already
so unbearable.
so unbearable.
This is my road
My decision what
Byways to take;
And I had decided
That my path definitely
Not lie with you.
*Penned on August 28, 1995
*Published in eFootprints magazine (October 2007 issue)
