So many things
within
the context of day to day
Hold us
Whole
Which, If suddenly eroded
Through whatever cause
Leave us
breathless
barely able to
survive
Thrown up upon
these rocks
uncertain of the tides
And yet
Even within this
does
Choice arise
Always calling
on us
to decide
We can
‘come up on life surprised’
in a quandary
to know
what to do
or simply choose
as best we can
in any moment
But to do that
We must
believe
in our choice
Choose,
and believe
Believe and choose
either way
We lean
on our own behalf
in a direction
Or not
Or doubt
and doubt ourselves
or
choose
in which direction
we will lean
We can choose
in what light
we will encounter life
In what frame of mind
we will
embark upon the journey
And in those moments
when we
cannot find our way
know what to do
we can
still
Remember
we
have a choice
In what direction
we will lean
For us
Or against us
Despair or possibility
If we are to reach them
We must
Carry ourselves
to those
places we long to be
