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torn between two choices
“Your choices are made in a moment, and yet their
consequences transcend a lifetime.”—M. J. DeMarco
choice leads me on:
sorely am i divided.
a hopeless pawn?
a future predecided?
no parliament
convened, tho scant a hearing?
chance to repent,
ere naked flames come searing?
the evil eye
blindfolds the will of reason,
lest lust must die
before it reaps its season.
the holy eye
opens a way before me,
to sanctify
my feet upon the journey.
one promises
a plight of potent pleasure
—paralysis
in incremental measure!
one solemnly
declares love’s deep commitment:
a heart set free
charts well its own denouement.
shallow and wild,
the one’s preoccupation,
unreconciled
with ceaseless complication.
the voice of calm
attends the other option,
psalter and psalm
the antidote of ruction.
i make my bed
that i alone must lie on,
while overhead
the Gateway of Orion
prepares the wake
for those who crave the morning,
and flames the lake
for those who beg the scorning.
© Copyright 2024 September 11
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
consequences transcend a lifetime.”—M. J. DeMarco
choice leads me on:
sorely am i divided.
a hopeless pawn?
a future predecided?
no parliament
convened, tho scant a hearing?
chance to repent,
ere naked flames come searing?
the evil eye
blindfolds the will of reason,
lest lust must die
before it reaps its season.
the holy eye
opens a way before me,
to sanctify
my feet upon the journey.
one promises
a plight of potent pleasure
—paralysis
in incremental measure!
one solemnly
declares love’s deep commitment:
a heart set free
charts well its own denouement.
shallow and wild,
the one’s preoccupation,
unreconciled
with ceaseless complication.
the voice of calm
attends the other option,
psalter and psalm
the antidote of ruction.
i make my bed
that i alone must lie on,
while overhead
the Gateway of Orion
prepares the wake
for those who crave the morning,
and flames the lake
for those who beg the scorning.
© Copyright 2024 September 11
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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