Some choices are as critical as one’s birth –
But you’ll have to “wake up” to recognize when such a choice
Has come knocking at your door.

Most of the time, however, people don’t choose –
Since the choice has already been made for them by parents,
Friends, teachers, or simply arise out of “what comes next.”

But if you do “wake up” and become faced with a true choice –
Whether being “born” – the first or any subsequent time –
Your take it – because God doesn’t hand out such choices
Freely
Even if the choice, when it appears, turns out to be completely free.

For some people, a choice arrives
When falling in love
Either with another person or by the surprising appearance of reality –
Since how else could you find yourself outside yourself –
That is, outside family, society – and all the dreams of your peculiar culture.

If it turns out, however, that you’ve been too lazy to look
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to discover any true choice –
Since when such a choice comes along, you won’t recognize it –
It’ll seem just like any other thing –
Quickly submerging
Beneath the waters of consciousness.