There Is No Second Thought – English Poem

Often,
We are in a situation to choose
one among the two choices…
A popular example is having to choose between life or death.

Well, My wish would be this..
I will either live with you or die with you…
There is no third option..

If we live together,
It is good for the world because
we can work together to change it..

If we die together,
It is good for us because
we don’t have to put up with the
stupidity of the world anymore…

Anyway,
There is no question of two choices for me
when it comes to love…
Because I have already chosen you…

After declaring my love to you,
I know that you are also left with two choices.
It is either ‘yes’ or ‘no’…
If you say yes, there is future..
If you say no,
there is no present tense or
future tense
left in my language. ..
Only the past tense will speak to
the upcoming generations…

Anyway, situations with two choices always haunt our lives…
We always ask,
‘Should I speak or not?’
‘Should I continue or not?
Should I live or die?

These two choiced questions have their own term in English.. It is called ‘Dilemma’..

At least, when it comes to who I should spend my rest of my life with, there is no dilemma…

I love you without a second thought: I love you without the dilemma.. And I love you because there is no second choice..

• Shanmugam P