AGONY OF CHOICE

by J.O Adenuga

Principles can be easily made
But it can also hurt to abide by
How painful it feels to let go
To let go of one for another
Just for the sake of principle
The grief can be like that of a departed soul

How easy it is to make a choice
But the price of our choice lingers
Much longer after the choice have been made
Along with our choices
Comes the immediate pain
The pain of loosing fringe benefits from other alternatives

And the pain of uncertainty of the chosen

The choice once made opens the eyes
Opens the eyes to the benefits of other alternatives
Reveals & counts the loss of not choosing other alternatives
Our choices are like seeds
The result or benefits are the harvest thereof

Each time we make a choice
Especially the right one,
We plant a see in the ground
We suffer the pain of not eating the seed
We suffer the pain of parting away with the seed
It enters the soil & leaves us with no proof of harvest
It rather decays & decomposes
Leaving us with the grief of loss
With the uncertainty of choice

But certainly time will tell
Time, the revealer of secrets will prove
How worthy the choice is
Right or wrong we cannot tell
But time will tell

God give me a heart to endure through this time
Through the time a farmer waits to endure the loss of his seeds
The time that reveals the fruitfulness of the choice
That reveals the certainty in the uncertainty
I have made this choice, Lord
Help me to wait