"Two Choices"

Life here on earth is what you make of it,
It could be hell,
It could be heaven.
To what you choose, you will submit
Hell is the end if to choose rebel
Heaven to those whos wrongs forgiven

You have two choices but one chance,
Be wise
Be shrewd
Its to one love you must romance
Dont be snared in the deceit of lies
Encompass yourself in those which dont delude

As you come to fork in the road,
Stop and ponder,
Your destiny,
As a treasure you lay up, to corrode?
Where moth and rust does error?
Or where thieves do not take when see.

Each choice is its own empire with its emperor.
One, an evil Torturer,
Two, an omnipotent Father,
Choose the master that you desire.
But wait, for there is more to make sure, you're
sure
For each there is a path you must wander.

Remember your life in two phases deemed.
Pleasure led to pain,
Ridicule for reward won.
Do not be quick to answer for nothing is as it
seems
For the later of the two is what you truly gain.
Because pleasure is but for a season.

So this is what I leave with you now,
Dont leave unprepared,
Dont leave undone,
Live your life to the standard set up by your vow,
For the ticket you will choose, there you'll be fared.
No life ends without an eternity won.

This poem is going to be published in a book of poetry called, The Best Poems and Poets of 2002.