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An honourable gamble...

**This is a gamble

Yes, I’m playing ‘words’

Life can turn out to be such a shamble

That makes the playing hard

Some have more excitement than others…

But we are still playing the same odds

We have been explained to the truth

But not necessarily in the same words

If you happened to realize that you had fulfilled your purpose, would you request an honourable death?

Or find a second calling?

Would you cash in your chips?

Or have another go at it?

Another go… again

All in?

Sometimes one needs to just take the leap

Thinking twice could just be an excuse to keep stalling

Taking the leap and ascending to a higher level, or thinking…

‘At least I tried… I am content with that fact, despite the fact that I’m falling’

Either way, one cannot have another ‘today’

Another ‘now’

Another ‘present’

Appreciate it today

Appreciate it now

Heard this in a movie once…

‘Now is a gift, that’s why they call it the present’

These come in no order or rehearsed flair

I’m gambling… I’m playing ‘words’

With my thoughts most recent

Yes, I dare.**

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Written by
nigel-obiya
Kenyan
Published
Feb 16, 2013
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