Would you choose to swim or fly
Choose the water or the sky
Would you be a mermaid or an angel
Would you choose to keep control
Or to unleash what’s in your soul
Choose to question or to simply follow
Life revolves, we question why
We come to life then life flies by
Would you choose to live as an immortal
Or would you have a finite grace
A short existence in this place
Would you choose a finite time for pleasure
Do you prefer to find a place of peace and solitude
Would you choose to end your life one lonely night
Does your heart feel hope when sorrow beckons to the moon
Do you always fly with your decisions
Would you choose to play your part
And to unleash what’s in your heart
Would you find a path where truth is certain
Would you choose to live in fear or strive for all your can
Would you risk all that you had for freedom
Would you choose to be unkind to woman, child or man
Do you feel all lost in indecision
Would you choose to find a place
Where life revolves with simple grace
Would you choose to show your heart’s compassion
Would you choose to swim or fly
Choose the water or the sky
Would you be a mermaid or an angel……?
© Kacey Patrick 2003 (revised 2011)
For Delphi. And in memory of Melanie Shanahan, and the ‘boat people’ who have risked everything on their journey to Australia.
Music – Aaron Hopper/Kacey Patrick (stringmansassy)
Released on ‘Dragonfly’ 2004.
Kacey Patrick 