Inconsequential

It was one year ago today that I started A Plight Of Poetry, and in recognition of that I would like to share with you this poem that I first wrote as an entry in last years CBC Canada Writes Poetry contest,  in which I did not place.

Where do you want to go in life?

What do you want to be?

How trying it is to decide,

The future hard to see.

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These questions hence are put on us,

From our most early years,

At some point must be faced,

We grow to set aside our fears.

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But how do we decide,

Which route we really want to take?

How do we decide upon,

Which choice that we should make?

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I could be a baker a bartender or a chef,

I could be a hockey player or a coach or ref.

I could be a teacher or a doctor or a nurse,

A funeral director or the guy that drives the hearse.

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I could be a pilot or a captain of the seas,

Or a scientist that works to save the world and cure disease.

I could be a politician or a wealthy CEO,

Or an undercover journalist that’s always on the go.

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To be an archaeologist I think would be quite fun,

To look for treasures underneath the hot Egyptian sun.

Perhaps I’ll be an architect and build something quite grand,

Or maybe take up farming learning how to work the land.

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I could be a carpenter construction’s in my blood,

Or I could be a sculptor making beauty out of mud.

To be a horticulturist I think would be quite fine,

I’d  like to be a writer if only I could find the time.

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Graphic design is something I could always fall back on,

But I don’t know if I could stand to do it all day long.

Computer programming I think would also be quite plain,

And staring at a screen all day would make me go insane.

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I would be a lawyer but I have too big a heart,

I’d be a quantum physicist but I’m not quite that smart.

I’d   love to be a movie star and move to Hollywood,

I’d like to think that I can act but don’t know if I could.

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I could take a simple job just like the one I’ve got,

Is that the life I want to lead? The answer is it’s not.

So what is there to do but up and choose to take a chance,

Take a leap of faith don’t give regret a second glance.

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So many choices we must make and will make some mistakes,

But we’re not bound forever by the jobs we choose to take.

Remember life is full of chance and possibility,

Be true to who you really are, and who you want to be.