A question of priorities

A portal closes then you see
another one has opened wide.
Is this an opportunity
you have brief moments to decide.

If you go through this open door
your life will change forever more
If you do not you may regret
you lacked the courage to step through
One thing for sure you won’t forget
the chance which fate had offered you.

A golden opportunity
which you declined reluctantly.
You longed to go but chose to stay
You knew that you were needed here.
you knew you could not walk away
From everything which you held dear

A wise decision to remain
that question echoes in your brain.
When you decided not to go
through that portal and explore.
The truth is that you’ll never know
what lay beyond that open door.

But still you wonder constantly
what you’d have done if you were free.

poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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