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A Simple Choice

A simple choice 
  presents itself
Play it safe
  or take a chance

I sit and stew
  and analyze
As if my choice
  is do-or-die

I sift and sort
  and sort and sift
Hamstrung by
  habitual thrift

Day and night
  I rack my brain
Methinks I might
  just go insane

Do I keep the only job
  I've ever known
Or venture out
  of my comfort zone

Then suddenly 
  it comes to me
I've played it safe
  all my life

Why not take a risk
  Go all in
And if I fail
  Is that a sin...

One thing only
  troubles me
I just turned
  eighty-three

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2020

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/29/2020 3:24:00 PM I love the ending! I am almost never surprised. This was an exception. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/29/2020 4:43:00 PM Surprises are needed once in a while in life, I think. Especially the good ones! :)

Lindsay Laurie Date: 11/28/2020 7:23:00 PM Hello Gershon … simply great Gershon and finishes on a positive note indeed. You’re never too old - thanks Gershon - Lindsay Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/29/2020 2:55:00 PM Appreciate your appreciation, Lindsay. Here's to long life, Gershon

Beryl Edmonds Date: 11/28/2020 5:08:00 PM You’re never too old to take a risk, go for it. Ha, love the end line... Belle Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/28/2020 5:10:00 PM Ha, ha! I'm already too old at 70. Sometimes it depends on what the Good Lord sends you... ~ Disabled and Discouraged, gw

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 11/28/2020 8:42:00 AM Love the punch line at the end Gershon, but age is a number, it is how we will think, talk and dress. Can't understand woman who are 83 plus and dress up as lamb. Blessings, and hugs, Jennifer. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/28/2020 5:08:00 PM Well, age also means something when it brings on physical disabilities. Believe me, I know... So age 83 to me looks really old now; i.e., it means a lot more pain. ~ Grinning and Grimacing, Gershon

Susan Ashley Date: 11/26/2020 8:40:00 PM Dear Gershon, I am caught up in your endearing consideration... the "should I stay or should I go" scenario.. I say go for it! Don't let a little thing like being eighty-three hold you back! ;) You pen gently amuses me. my dear friend. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/27/2020 9:30:00 AM Well, I'm only 70 now, Susan, but my body is going on 170, so for me '83' looks the Mt. Everest. Glad that I can still amuse you, at any rate. Joy and Jubilation, Gershon