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Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 4526 Registered: 11-1998 |
Honorable Mention Nexus II: A Sestina Lisa Janice Cohen This is the moment when I fear I will lose myself in endless guilt. Right or wrong, I make decisions I must own, the consequences not just mine to bear. It's easy to seek guidance, there is no shortage of opinions. Each will claim to own some secret patent or lay claim to private wisdom. If I have the will and if I only follow, I should know a sense of peace, surrendering the right to question. Well, if that helps you bear the burden of your conscience, choose your own path to absolution. I am owned and bound by honor, though many will exclaim that truth is dead. I will not bare my soul to those who deny free-will or prescribe one path to heaven. The rites of passage I must forge alone have no best route. I stumble frequently and no one can clear this minefield. On my own, I must map the turns, the lefts and rights that navigate to safety. I do not claim any special guidance. Just my will and the stubbornness I bring to bear. It comes to this: Strip away, lay bare the subterfuge. We cannot hope to know with any certainty what answer we will make when standing naked on our own. No second guesses or disputed claims prevent me from my duty or my right. I will stand up, choose to make this right, and bear the risk that I may never know which future claims the story as its own. |
