You can listen with hope,
  or listen in pain

But listen you shall,
  as my words will explain…

“You were left in the shadows,
   neither empty nor full

“With a decision impending,
   a test of your will

“Your choice will define,
   what you praise or deny

“Will you now come together,
    in the truth or a lie
  
“Do you carry on blindly,
   or reach for beyond

“What your comfort will dictate,
   as your courage responds

“One path ends in darkness,
   one reaches for light

“Your tracks through the umbra,
    that fear leaves in blight

“It’s down to that moment,
   last chance to define

“Will your search end enlightened
   —or in twilight behind”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)