Choice

Chocolate or vanilla?

It’s yours to choose,

“Because I like it”

“Because it tastes good”

“Because I wanted it”

Because, because, because…

Maybe you chose for the joy of choosing.

Or because you are privileged.

Chocolate or vanilla?

It’s yours to lose,

“Because I hate it”

“Because it’s just food”

“Because I disliked it”

Because, because, because…

Maybe you chose for the hate of choosing.

Or because you were born into it.

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Written off the back of my head for some school event…I think it was literacy related. I remember submittin it anonymously…no idea if it even got featured…but I do know that at least one teacher thought it was good.