Choices

Life’s a path, a winding trail,

With shadows deep and sunlight’s hail.

Each step we take, a careful art,

To mend the soul or tear it apart.

With wisdom’s guide, the road is long,

With trials faced and battles strong.

Yet, even then, the heart may yearn,

For solace sought, a chance to learn.

But heedless choices, rash and blind,

Can leave a wreckage of the mind.

A tempest rages, dark and deep,

Where sorrow’s seeds forever creep.

For every error, a price to pay,

A heavier burden with each day.

The path grows steeper, rough and steep,

As echoes of regret forever weep.

So choose with care, with heart and head,

For paths once taken cannot be tread.

Life’s journey, fraught with joy and strife,

Is shaped by choices, this mortal life.