DILEMMA

You made a choice which allowed you to keep

the world you knew.

The world beyond was a child’s fantasy-

to you

even in its very real appeal.

You chose what you valued, but

to your surprise

that fact did not make what you got a treasure.

Once, you only needed your prize for love.

Now, you need it to make up for all

you believe you have lost.

Instead of a victor

you feel like a human sacrifice to ideology

to a wish of the mind that destroyed hope and

faith.

And what of your discarded love?

Like a prodigal

you now see it as the gem it could

never have been before.

But is this impulse Truth, or

is it the desire of an ego to keep itself safe and fed?

Regret makes us bolder, but

it does not always make us wise.

Which option should you have chosen?

What price could you afford to pay?

-For “One Shot Wednesday” at http://onestoppoetry.com/