ON THE CHOICES WE MAKE... " I AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF WHO I WAS. I AM THE SUM OF MY EXPERIENCES." -From my Journal at KARIOS 11 "LIVE THE FOURTH." -Also from my journal

The Decision

The individual decision,

To leave and attempt

To pass the test,

The foundation would present,

Has been made by the one

Person who has to take the examination,

Into something both frightening,

And exciting and all together

Unknown and bewildering.

But the decision,

Has been made,

To what unknown consequences,

Lay ahead in the course

Of daring.

But an attempt has been

Made to get up or,

Fall down hard.

But learn all the same.

The close ones of the decision-maker

Reluctantly let the course,

Go its route,

Quietly in the imprints,

Of all their worries.

They fear the change

They believe will occur,

Within the spirit of, their decision-maker.

That is frightened too,

But, is still the same

Individual that existed

Within their hearts,

They hope...

In their efforts to accept

The wishes of their little

Dear, young, naive, crusader.

The decision that will make the difference,

Has been made with optimistic

Music notes of violins,

During the course of an operatic harmony.

For a choice exists,

In the essence of all of humanity's reality,

And the choice

To change the visions

Of a maker's heart,

Is an un-made decision,

That will not be allowed

To succeed to consequence. Age 19

January 11,1998

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