It was a choice , neither destiny nor fate
That led to a threshold of brilliance
Or a dreadful prison gate.
She had a candle she refused to light
She had battles she was too scared to fight
A future she was reluctant to acknowledge
Because of a choice her heart simply couldn’t make

Two roads did diverge and the waters did part
It might have been a tedious journey
Or it may have been a fateful start
But the girl , she would rather dwell in the dark
The candle was alluring but the match was defiant
The candle needed light , the match loathed fire
So she dreamt under a starlit sky
Before the hurricane that preyed on the silence of the night.

And the candle , it fled with the raging winds,
Desperately choosing embers of a future
Over the monotony of these adjourned beings
Oh how time sneered at the melancholy match!
Left in the companionship of a lone pale hand
The candle had made a choice for the girl..
She was left with no choice at all !
And now she craves the peace and calm
Decimated by the ruthless storm
Now she reminisces with the match
About a candle they had once known.

An eternity ago , she had a choice
And now ? Now she has a definite path
Before she had an effervescent candle
Now she has a desolate match
Yesterday she had a future of possibilities
Today she wishes she had done things differently...