Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

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

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

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

Beryl Edmonds November 28, 2020 at 5:08 PM You’re never too old to take a risk, go for it. Ha, love the end line... Belle Gershon Wolf November 28, 2020 at 5:10 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 November 28, 2020 at 8:42 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. Gershon Wolf November 28, 2020 at 5:08 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 November 26, 2020 at 8:40 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 Gershon Wolf November 27, 2020 at 9:30 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