The Loneliness of Decision

Alone

     all

          alone.

Peering

          into the darkness

          of a future to be

          determined by

     this

          one

               choice.

Impossible

     to see a future

     that would make

     easier

     this

          one

               choice.

Even if

     future sight

     were given

          it wouldn’t help.

There is

     no future

     until a

     choice is

     made.

This

     one

          choice

gives rise

to a different

future than

this

     one

          choice.

In the

     loneliness of the choice

     choose

          knowing

          the futures

          are not

     lonely.

 “I will be with you.”