Ocean dip, or kiddie pool?
Beach, or box of sand?
Lazyboy, or shaky stool?
Christmas gift so cool…
Or socks so bland?

Noonday sun, or candle flame?
Chess, or Tic-Tac-Toe?
Honey pure, or aspartame?
Roses fresh cut for the dame…
Or faux?

Forty winks, or feline nap?
Crème brûlée, or mud pie?
Disney World, or tourist trap?
With arms and robes enwrapped…
Or pigsty?*

Tie the knot, or dare not try?
Crown that lasts, or laurel-wrought?
Seek a friend, or dumb A.I.?
Trusting Him Who once did rise…
Or ego-caught…
A lot afraid…
Until the day the farm’s bought?

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*Luke 15

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“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.” -C.S. Lewis