Choices

A person’s life is all about choices.
Some are regrettable, others just fine.
Yet the one’s we choose rarely suffices
Our needs and refashioned minds.
Take a man with a chance for promotion
He’ll embrace it without further ado
Deciding on a capricious notion
Winds up regretting on Monday’s debut.
The same can be said of a high school belle
Forgoing the occasion for college.
Marries instead she's unhappy as hell
Missing out on a world of vast knowledge.
When faced with a choice choose not just any
Right choices are few, the wrong ones many.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Bhopali Avatar
February 8, 2014 at 2:18 AM
Awesome....
Ahearn Avatar
February 8, 2014 at 5:43 AM
Thank you Fatima.
Poteet Avatar
February 4, 2014 at 1:25 PM
Two great illustrations of poor choices turned true. We think time is against us when making decisions when really most of the time it is advised to take more time. Enjoyed this one too, Albert. Have a really great day.
Ahearn Avatar
February 4, 2014 at 11:52 PM
Thank you very much, Reason A.
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