From the Mind of the Untouched Jewel

Hello. Here is a little something I was thinking about one day while at work. See, I have moments where some type of poetic flow comes about and I start writing. Trust when I tell you it's not often. But here's something I think you all may enjoy. Read, and be enlightened.

I Chose LIFE


We may have not been ready for parenthood, but I chose life.

You went your way and moved on, but I still chose life.

I chose the life God gave me, all the while you never bothered to see it come into fruition.

All the while you were pushing in my ear: “Get an abortion”, my mind was already made up. I already knew not to abandon mine, because I’m the child my mother never gave up.

Leaving me hanging in the balance between spending the rest of my days carefree, or being a mother at 19. I chose life.

L-I-F-E, life. L-I-F-E, life. Live In Fulfillment Eternally. That’s the life I chose. I live in fulfillment of my child for the rest of my life. What do you have besides yourself, and your college degrees, and money you make every year? I have my future standing right before me, while you have nothing to show for yours. Why? Because you chose to walk away from your life. To you, I may be taking care of a child that you feel is not your responsibility, but I am raising the future generation of what is yet to come.

I don’t worry about my life, because I know mine will be blessed and fulfilled. Though the scars from time passed are still there, my heart has truly healed. I forgive, but I don’t forget. I don’t harbor hate or stress, but don’t try to come around when your life garners success. Don’t try to act like you were around when you really didn’t care, because the life you chose to ignore will wish you weren’t even there.

So this I say, to you: the ball is in your court, and has been for a long time. I stepped up and chose life, and things for me will be just fine. This I decree to you is the final chance to choose life like I chose mine, because if you continue to walk away from your future, you will run out of time.

I CHOSE LIFE.