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[Today for you, tomorrow for me]: 256.Poetry.Int
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The sight is frightening
I do not like what I see
Will these horrid places ever have me?
Will I ever be able to leave?
My heart nearly burst with terror
I back away quickly
I am terrified
Is this where I have ended up?
This sound soothes me
“Choose where you think you belong” It insists
“I-I-I D-don’t know,” I stutter
“I am Terrified.” I confess
“A place full of misery, pain and heartache . . . ”
Describing the first place I see
“It is empty, but only temporary.
And those that leave are rewarded.” I marvel
“The second is extreme, menacing
Full of torment, regret and icy hatred,” I observe,
describing the sight, “It is eternal, I can see
For those there a shackled in place.”
“It is wondrous,
filled with beauty and light.”
I saw, hiding my feelings of dread
I shirk away from this place
I close my eye and reply, “I am afraid.”
“Of what?” The voice holds only compassion
“That this wonderful, good place
Like happiness is only temporary.”
“Is only temporary if you let it be.
It is a choice
Whether or not
You are happy.”
Is telling me something important
And I pause to wonder
Maybe it is right
Maybe we do have a choice
I now know . . .
It is so hard to choose logically
So instead, I let me heart decide
And I am free