Choices, choices, choices

Eliminate your stress
Let your soul feel only joy
As else your eyes won't see
This is fact, not a cruel ploy

You've chosen this silly path
Picked long before you came
Seeking some such wisdom
Eschewing wealth and fame

Now when darkness is falling
And the world is lit from within
You know that there's a reason
So, you must face it with a grin

Another go-round

Another life maybe to change it all
But we are here, it was our call
We chose to be in this very place
We chose to run this very race
Now we must try our best to understand
Why we chose this very hand

Orphan Girl

How far from grace can a person fall
Knowing that you once had it all
But choosing always the meanest route
Dwelling within the refuse shute
Making choices you know will fail
Lying, cheating, hoping for bail
Your learning curve stunted now
Your life on earth a shattered vow
Yet through it all you're still loved
As long as you accept God above

Choices before

Finding out now how cloistered we are
Living a harsher reality only from far
Thanking our blessings that we don't have to fear
Of living in dread and risking our tears
Maybe we couldn't bear to withstand
The rigors of having a bitter, mean hand
No matter the reason we're grateful we're spared
That we're loved and accepted even though we didn't dare

Rainbow

This is an invitation
To anyone who cares
To show your inner being
Let's wait and see who dares

So few can show or tell us
Of their brightly coloured soul
For fear of recrimination
For fear of being swallowed whole

Choices

I chose this, there is no one else to blame
Now I must play this frustrating game
I cannot fold
For I must hold
My end of the bargain
Or cause much chagrin
And in the end there are things worse
With which I could be cursed