You can’t choose
to be born,
but there can be
exemptions to birth.
You can choose
to live or die,
but there’re
no exemptions
to dying.
Resurrection
is assured to those
who choose to live
and leave dying
to its inevitability.
Eternity is not a choice;
it’s a sacred gift.
Faith in self is one thing,
and faith in God is another;
but faith in both is sacrosanct:
Journey these trials
and tribulations;
inching freedom here
on earth,
as it is guaranteed
in heaven.