Poetry list
The Choice ~ a question of faith
It could be just my opinion
My point of view
My prejudice
So dare I choose?
And will my choice be binding?
What if I get it wrong?
The whole of life can be frittered
Away
By worry
By fear of getting it wrong
If I choose life
If I choose love
Do I lose out on my freedom
On me?
The answer is hard
Love and life cost everything
There is a ‘me’ beyond price
And that is all that remains
It is a ‘me’ that is lost in us
In you
In eternity
If I risk this
I can have everything
But it may well look like nothing
That is where the truth lies
It is the future
And the meaning of both
The present and the past
Not choosing is no choice
Yet a choice as well
It goes nowhere but
Back on myself
Who has no lasting future
And a past and a present
That is already fading
Choose
And live without
Counting the cost
I dare
We dare
Love is all that matters
© Neil Thompson 2021