Anxious about this impossible choice.

Which I will attempt to make with poise.

I can delay till I’m much older and unstoppable.

Being extinguished before then is very probable.

What good is a hero with no courage or a mockingbird with no song.

I will pick, please God don’t let me be wrong.

If I go too early and others wait.

Will that also seal my fate.

Possessing no comparable experience

Except a heavy reliance on resilience

Stepping into the unknown with expectancy

The power of hope is already part of my legacy