Standing At a Crossroads

Standing at the  crossroads of life I wonder which path I will take The one that makes life easy Or the one to happiness. The easy path will take me to A life of ease and riches Where work conditions are perfect Making life  go without hitches The path to happiness is paved With heartache along the way But when you get to the end  of the journey Your heart with be wanting to stay So i stand and wonder And wait Knowing that i will be shown the way The path to easy living Is to work in a hospital near by Have satisfaction in my work But I would be living a lie The path  that leads to  happiness Will take me far away, to  a poor country Where the women need my help as a midwife Where many  babies an mums now die  I will run the gauntlet of many men Who class women as lower than  cattle Not having  help in an way so they die I know i will have to battle. To set up a clinic where i can help Give advice  on keeping things clean Helping the health of the starving Showing where to begin. Be their midwife when needed For now so many more die than live When complications arise But with  help from above they'll survive My head and heart are in conflict My family say don't depart But I have to live with my self Follow whats in my heart So I have  bought a  ticket To foreign soil i must go If i only help just a few I will have tried thats all I know. Seren Roberts