Decisions And Choices Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Forgotten outcasts stranded in lands of contempt,
frozen, incapacitated, wanting more out of life.

Not able yet, to take the important first step
for whatever reasons they hold true in their
minds.

Lifeless, ever aging in sincere doubts of them-
selves, foraging alley's and back roads not
knowing or realizing they can stray to paths of
their own choosing.

Somewhere along the way, everyone must decide
where they are going, and make the choices their
inner selves are wanting.

Right or wrong, they may be altered, changed,
rearranged, to fit the growth spurts age and
maturity bring.

Failure never enters into permanent residence,
because it doesn't belong, never really fitting
in.

Success is always right around the corner, telling
us we have not failed, just begun a little later
on, an interesting side path, creating experience
and a more permanent knowledge.