Untitled Poem by Butch Decatoria

"To be or not to be? " Shakespeare's lyrical question proposes that we have a choice in the matter, and what is the matter? —with Existence? We argue with it, compromise ourselves, our well being, our own sense of morality, to be given the answers (they speak and say) . The answer to Shakespeare's rhetorical query is "to be" always to be, if there is a choice, then congratulations—you are alive, and it's about Life and all that is encompassed within and without us… The clarity of one's choices, along with the feelings that blurs and places doubt, must be defined and decided precisely, logically with the sharpness of absolutes and truth. Do the math, they sometimes say, but too many get it wrong when it's a question of doing right.