Learning the way life binds us by our choices,
and even deeper by our thoughts.

There is a pain within each of us,
one we can never understand.
As if it is built into us,
beyond the flesh we have always known.

Decisions must be made, ones that may never take us
to where our desires have made homes in hope.

Accepting the selfless actions,
I do not know for whom I live this life,
For all that I have done is because it has been expected.

I stand in the midst of this unseen battle,
fighting only myself,
asking who is it that is in control.