Choice

By Nina Chulak

Behold, dear brothers!
Tonight you stand before two doors –
One leads to chaos, darkness, wars,
Greed, selfishness, and swollen pride,
Continued pain worldwide.
Behind that door you will proceed
To feed your petty wants and needs.
You’ll stay asleep, benumbed, and blind
To true reality, confined
In separate cells, detached by hate.
You will have chosen your own fate
And rid yourselves, deprived all others
Of real happiness. Oh, brothers!
Please search your hearts for that one point,
In which you are forever joint,
Through which your hearts will soar above
As one, together, filled with love.
And you’ll unlock the other door,
Where you’ll be ONE forevermore.

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