Our Options

We each of us make choices –

Where to live and what to wear,

The type of work we’ll do

And just how much of life we’ll share.

 

A thousand small decisions

Factor in to who we are,

Determining how close we’ll get

To goals (or else how far).

 

Our options float before us

Every day that we’re alive.

We pick them or ignore them

So we wither or we thrive.

 

Though some of us are lucky

With alternatives galore,

We all make our selections

‘Til we cannot anymore.