Choice

Life doesn’t always let us choose our circumstances.

We must all experience things

that we may not want to face at the time.

Every child’s life is made real

by knowledge of death.

Everyone feels lonely,

or angry,

or ashamed

sometimes.

All girls must face

their first menstrual cycle;

boys must face

wet dreams.

We all must travel

through this incomprehensible

thing we call life,

but we need not travel alone.

Therein lies choice

in a seemingly unchangeable

mesh of lives.