I Chose To Run

I CHOSE TO RUN I’d always been an extrovert, Performed on the amateur stage. But now I thought the time had come To turn another page. Time to turn professional, To shed off inhibition. So there I was in the darkened wings, Awaiting my audition. “Next,” the director shouted, “We haven’t got all day,” And that was when I lost my nerve And turned and ran away. Looking back I wonder How my life would have been If I had walked out on that stage And acted out my scene. By now I’d be a household name, Famous near and far. Everywhere my name in lights, A stage and movie star, Posing for selfies with my fans, Signing autographs galore. Going through a third divorce, The press camped at my door But, of course, that’s all a pipe dream, Because I chose to run. Like Dolly I’m working nine to five And I’m still with wife number one 26th October 2022 I chose to run, but if I'd stayed things would have been like poetry contest Sponsor - Anoucheka Gangabissoon