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CHOICES AND DECISIONS

GARY G McCUTCHEON 1972 (JOHANNESBURG)

CHOICES CHOICES
LIFE HAS MANY DECEIVING VOICES
DECISIONS DECISIONS
BEWARE OF FATAL COLLISIONS

IT STARTED LONG AGO
IN THE GARDEN WITH EVE
WHEN SATAN SPOKE
AND WITH LIES HE DECEIVED

LIFE IS ABOUT CHOICES AND DECISIONS
YOU CONTROL WHAT YOU DECIDE
BUT ONCE YOU DECIDE
 IT THEN CONTROLS YOU

SO RATHER  FIRST ENVISION
WITH PRECISION
BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT ALL IMPORTANT DECISION

BE LIKE A WISE MAN
WITH A SOUND PLAN
THAT FIRST GATHERS THE FACTS
BEFORE HE MOVES FORWARD AND ACTS

FOR THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO FEAR
OR SHED ANY UNNECESSARY TEARS
CAUSE YOU WILL STAND FIRM
WITH NO DREAD
OR CONCERN

About this poem

THE POEM IS ABOUT EVERY DAY DECISIONS AND CHOICES WE MAKE WHICH AFFECT OUR FUTURE.

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Submitted by GARYM on October 11, 2022

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Scheme AABB XXXX BCCX DDD EEFF XXXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 590
Words 110
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5
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