Choice

Choice is what gives you a name 

And is what to a warrior in a battle 

to kill or --- to be 

to live now, or forever! 

Choice is what to a poet and a painter 

of some words ; of some color

To a girl, it’s for a boy 

and to a child, it’s for a toy

makes choice one a priest 

and the other —-an atheist

As a poor man’s wish

(to be able to choose)

And a rich man’s option

to the grave,  His choice it heeds!