All these choices,
All these notions.
All feasible,
All veritable solutions;
Which one is for me?
That ‘s what I have to see;
The power I have today, castes
Long shadows over my destiny.
Upon the shoulder of this second…
Lies the fate of a million more
In my “yes”of today
I can say “yes” forever more.
This is all, I shall perhaps have,
This moment, when my mortal self shall
Purchase for my immortal self
A niche in the heavens above.
O my children, o my progeny
Would that
Within the shadow of this certainity
Shall I lay in my grave
with sweet dignity.
And shall you live too
sheltered from ignominy
Be that my decision of today,
Become cause of some such fame,
That I steal a page for my name
In the book of tomorrows history….
...........That in death……
Be dead, for only me
...........And yet, live on ……
Till eternity.
wardha jawdat
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-this-minute-is-worth/
