Poem - A Dilemma by Stephen W. Cote

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Stephen W. Cote

Short Stories

- Fairy Bunking Chapter 4: Napalm Martini Binge
- Fairy Bunking Chapter 1: Bunking the Dragon
- Fairy Bunking Chapter 2: Tea on a Leaf
- Fairy Bunking Chapter 3: All Out
- The Predator of the Meadow
- Empire
- The Alchemy of The Aurora Chateau Deo Belle Etoile
- The Autumn Engagement
- The Autumn Engagement

Poems

- Salem
- Transposition
- Embryo (parts 0 - 14)
- Aquamarine
- Natural Angels
- Superstition
- Winter (parts 1 - 15)
- Out Goes the Light
- Firework
- A Dilemma
- Brassiere
- Fireman
- Caveman
- Falling Leaves
- Desperate Times
- Beautiful Faces
- Escape To Morning
- Howling
- Applejack
- A Cafe Rose
- The Evils That Men Do
- Ray In The Sun
- Beautiful Faces
- Reversal
- The Wolvenblauer

A Dilemma

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by Stephen W. Cote

Must I fight?
And which will win, my valor or mercy?
Will I pen a righteous page in history?
Bring fortune and fame to my family?
Embattled, my will, maims and kills
Embittered, my soul, must I grow old
Standing in the wake of tyranny?

When I do wrong
Will I be saved from the damned by my victories?
Or be cast from Eden for eternity?
What fruit have I tasted from the garden's tree?
It's all so unclear, am I far or near?
My sight is pure, then grows obscure
The sum of my decisions defines my destiny

Out, out of paradise
Leave this garden, be cast to Hades
Burn in despair and the flames for eternity
So I fear should I misguide my destiny
Insipid, your heart, a cannonade rips apart
Vapid, your dreams, empty meaning
Realize life's delicacy and fragility.

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