The Choice
What happens
when the safety net
tightens?
Steadily transforming,
inch by imperceptible
inch.
Once comforting
suddenly suffocating.
A straight jacket
inconspicuously constricting
around dreams.
Choking imagination.
Listen
as breathing slows.
Barely sustaining
life.
Take notice
as the glow of passion
flickers out.
The shadow
of inspiration
becoming
a faint memory.
Know
you have a choice.
Sacrifice desire
for certainty
and coast comfortably
into oblivion.
Or risk your significance
and courageously face
the unknown.
Stepping out from behind
the smoke and mirrors.
The asphyxiation of
identity.
Bravely shedding
the tired alabaster
of ego.
Make room
for what could be.
Make room
for a future so full
you never dreamed
to imagine it.
