Existence

To be,

or not to be.

Has that always been the question?

Or is it something far more simple?

Like, what am I going to wear today?

Or, do I really have to get up now?

These, by far, have been asked more often

than to be,

or not to be.

Perhaps the question

Isn't a question at all.

But a decision.

One made every day without thought.

Unconsciously.

How can we choose to be if we already are?

Which limits the question even more...

Not to be?

That is the...

Decision.

But is it our decision,

or God's?

If it's God's decision,

Why do so many choose not to be?

Without permission,

labeled "disobedient" and "damned"

By a holy book

It would've been better

To be.

So don't question

To be or not to be.

Decide to be.

And you'll already be...

The best.

 

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