The Choice

by Danna Faulds

Is it faith or fear
that rises to the fore,
affirmation or negation
at the very core
and center of the self?
Will it be light or dark
within the heart today?
The icy grip of fear
that knots and sours
leaving me to cower in the shadows?


There is another way—
I know it surely as I
know the scent of Spring.
The choice of faith
invites, invokes, calls forth
from all creation
both the blessing
and the lesson
of the day.
Whether faith or fear,
the choice is mine alone.
Each moment, choosing,
stepping through the door,
trusting that the path
beyond will surely
lead me home.

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Danna Faulds is a long-term practitioner and teacher of Kripalu Yoga. Her book of poetry is called Go In and In