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