Choices

So young today yet all too soon
The morning light turns into noon
Fleeting hours shall fade the day
As noon to eventide gives way

Doubt not the choices made just now
Shall come to bear in life somehow
The place you find identity
Determines which result will be

The world perverse will promise place
If you with them will show your face
But in the end will pass away
Your purpose, meaning, light of day

Now Jesus offers counsel wise
To those who walk with open eyes
The truth revealed in Him is clear
New hope, new joy, new life, no fear

This poem won first place for the October 2019 poetry contest