Left or Right?

Standing at a crossroads…path divided.
Left or right? I don’t know.
Either way, I’ll be chided.
I could go left, the easy route….never feel any scorn.
Do what others want me to do…conform.
Falling in line, never dreaming, & never feeling reborn.
When the sky is supposed be my limit,
I find comfort; and my dreams…never pursue them.
Allowing the world to stall my mind,
Separate my thoughts putting them in solitary confinement.
I look to the hills from which cometh my help.
Help can’t find me because I’ve put my light on stealth.

But I choose to go right,
With all my goals in clear sight.
Not many friends around because I chose not to follow the ‘in-crowd’.
In spite of, I still shine my light…
Giving it my all and fighting all the necessary fights.
Sky’s the limit; and I refuse to be in any other place.
The hell with the skies, I’m shooting for outer space.
I’m not greedy. I just never get complacent.
Progression & growth are the only goals
And it’s all about advancement.
If I went the other way, would never be able to forgive
Myself because I never pushed my full potential
Or never paid attention to my conscious, never listened.
Don’t have time for the corrupted nature and abuse of this society.
Don’t have time for the simple, feeble mind.
So I let them hate and roll their eyes,
Let them falsely analyze and criticize.
Say I’ve changed and that I’ve sold out.
Because I refused to settle for less; chose to push for something much more,
Something better in this life we live.