The Fairness Of The Choices.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

we choose
that is basic

whether to write
about the blooming
cherry blossom
come spring

or the falling
and wilting and
then rotting of
the leaves of autumn

sometimes
whichever way is that
whether to choose
what is inside
and shy away from
what is outside

whether you turn
left or
take the right
side of the two-faced
road

somehow
there is this fairness
of one's choosing

whether there is pain
or joy
beauty remains
unabandoned

truth resides in
both houses
and peeps in any
window

it is the same house
actually
the same road
same sky
same river
same heart
whatever, whichever
at the
end.