"Choice of Futures" Inspired by Wakers:

Choice of Futures

You see more than I do –

an advantage by any standard.

All I know is the past,

hoping that what I do now

will build the future I hope for.

The past, present, and future

all lie before you,

a menu of options I can’t see

with any certainty.

I am at your mercy.

You’ve seen more of me than I have,

you know more of me than I do,

but do you want the future I want?

If I had my choice

from the menu of futures,

I’d choose the one

where you and I

spend all our time together –

talking, walking, laughing,

anything

everything

together.

Seeing as that is not the present,

despite my hopes and choices

to make that my future –

our future –

I have to assume that

the future I would choose

is not the same one you have chosen.

And if that’s the case,

would you please tell me

what my future looks like without you?

If maybe I can still be happy?

Because I can’t picture that future.