CHOICES

This is my failed attempt to write a poem.

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You sit there,

Quietly contemplating, silently thinking..

You watch as your shadow hovers over the sleeping figure.

You heave a sigh,

And, exhale all your inhibitions,

All your monsters,

All your demons,

All your doubts.

For a minute or second, you were ready to go,

Ready to leave,

Ready to escape,

But there was an unfamiliar vision,

It was something vehemently denied by your soul,

Shun out by your barely beating heart,

Made an outcast by your exhausted brain.

It was an emotion,

Stronger than gravity’s pull,

More potent than the strongest drugs and pain killers

More powerful than the hurricanes and storms that hit your side of the world

It was something you were unsure of

And excited about at the same time.

It was love,

So adamantly denied,

So deeply suppressed.

It was love,

That goes beyond the lines of friendship,

More than the affection that a brother feels for his precious sister.

It was love,

And you were quite convinced that it’s more than admiration,

That it’s more than a schoolboy crush.

So, you linger on her bedside for a few more seconds.

And you watch as the object of your affection lie peacefully in slumber.

You linger a few moments longer,

And, you contemplate if escaping is the only option you have.

You realize that it isn’t.

You realize that you have the option to stay—with her, beside her.

You take a deep breath, close your eyes

And, you make one final choice.