Choices
annoying needles
drawing blood –
or acupuncture for the soul?
How long can one waffle
shall it be this
will it be that
can it be both?
Shall I put this
in more poetic form
or do I wish to make a clear statement
and fine stringing be damned?
Is life really only about
choices?
can we not just let things happen?
I choose now, not to think about it
Of course, making no choice
is a choice
Soon some choices will be
gone with the wind
But, there’s always tomorrow
My choice.
very very nice
Wow! That was fast! Thanks very much
you are welcome
I agree! Very, very, nice! You certainly capture the dilemma “mode” well! Good luck with choices!
Hey Daphne! Yup…hard to make ‘em sometimes…so to hell with choices…cook up a poem LOL. Glad you like it.Thanks much for read and comment. And my warm regards to you and beasties.
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ya know, I’ve been thinking about this very topic this week….. love the poem!
Thanks, Rumpy…appreciate the read and comment
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Very nice, Jackie.
Thanks, for liking my poem…Good choice. LOL. *couldn’t resist that*
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A second comment…and the shortest one I’ve ever received. LoL ! Thanks for your support, friend!
“Of course, making no choice / is a choice” – this is very essential. I suppose most of our choices are made unconsciously. Like the first stanza particularly.
Btw now I have learned that “waffle” doesn’t only mean “batter- or dough-based cake” but also “to waffle” : ) Nice expression!
The first stanza, was originally a micropoem which I expanded into the full poem. I think you’re right; many of our choices are subconscious. Thanks for the read and comment, Martin!
Absolutely, well said Jackie:)
Thanks very much, Monty, for the read and comment!
I love the way you have unpacked choices here – we really are stuck in a Catch 22 – love the dilemma you unravel
Yay! Thanks, M. for getting it…and for reading it…and for your support!
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hehe…we can make the choice to just let things happen…smiles…and maybe when it comes to writing poetry, it’s good to listen more to the heart and really just let it flow..miro did this as well when he painted…in the first go..then he says he thought hard…but first..flow..
Whew! Well that assuages my guilt over choices…in poetry anyway. Thanks, Claudia! tee hee…
true that…no choice is still a choice…and i like waffles….much better than pancakes…oh sorry, no lunch yet…and in the end it is your choice…cant make it for you…so tomorrow it is…smiles.
Choosing between waffles and pancakes, Brian, should be your most difficult choice. lol. Thanks, friend, for read and comment
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Very true…no choice, is still a choice. Very, very nice!
And how many times I thought to fool choice by not making one. Ha! Thanks much for the comment!
hee heee….that should be your most difficult choice, Bri…pancakes or waffles. Cheers!
Sometimes choosing not to choose is the best choice, if you can follow that. ;_) I like the third stanza a lot–sometimes we so overthink what we’re writing, overwrite what we’re thinking. Enjoyed it, Jackie.
Happy you like this piece, Hedge…and I kinda like that stanza myself cuz I’m letting myself off the hook..lol. Thanks much for the read and comment. Glad you enjoyed!
Sometimes its good, sometimes its not. And getting up for tomorrow is also a choice ~
Enjoyed the share Jackie ~
Pleased you enjoyed this! Thanks much for the read and comment!
This is also kind of my choice. k.
…and that comment makes me feel less lonely in my choices! Thank you for the read and comment!
When do we choose and why, I wonder. No doubt, putting it off is perhaps the most common choice of many, most of the time. Why so difficult? Because with choice comes that resonsibility to carry thru, a promise to oneself or others or both. But choices, really, come very rarely, since we are educated in knowing what to do and when, so we livenon automatic, so to speak. But choices come when life breaks down and we must once again affirm our beliefs, take on the responsibility to be whonwe are… or not. Your poem gets to the nub of the matter, and makes it clear what’s at stake.
Love that choice to procrastinate. I like to think I leave things to fate when really I choose not to choose. Beautiful poem–”fine stringing” indeed!
Pleased you enjoyed this piece! Yup, procrastination is a choice as well, methinks
Thanks much for stopping by and for the comment!
You certainly made choice a study in human behavior, Chazzy…and well put, at that. I like the notion that we are “educated in knowing what to do and living on automatic” This is so true. And yes, choice is certainly a responsibility to be who we are! Thanks so much for this very thoughtful read and comment! I always appreciate your words
ah … decisions, decisions, nice write
Thanks for stopping by and for the comment
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Fine write on choice; you agree with Scarlet O’Hara.
Don’t think about it today. Think about it tomorrow.
As good a plan as any, just supposing…
You’re the first one that mentioned Scarlett…and that’s right on! It’s certainly a choice. Thank you for stopping by, and for the comment!
all acupuncture is for the soul, since it’s holistic, and Qi is so intertwined with soul
Princess Vadar
Hey, Tammy! Thanks for stopping by and for the comment!