Martin Walker Poet Lyric

The Choice of Emotion

With every breath I take
I breathe in the reality in which I live

For every love there is heartache
And I cherish this difference

There can be no life without death
There can be no light without dark

Only the love that we feel
Can numb us to this knowledge

We have a choice in life
To live in ignorant bliss or to hide from the pain

I chose to take each emotion and relish it
To feel each as it strikes me

I may sometimes be harmed by this
I may sometimes be warmed by this

But I know that in times to come
I will look back an know what this meant

I will know that I have lived
Whether this be in pain or in pleasure

I will have the gold that is experience
The priceless item that is knowledge

And with this knowledge I have now
I ask of you only one small thing

That you read this and think of me
And of what you can or cannot be

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