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