Can love be a choice?
Here I am, living my life every day –
Can I choose to love it?
Certainly the calls of birds
elicit a response of joy,
as can the feeling that the day’s just right
for plants to grow. And the exquisite mouths
of wild iris before they unfurl,
and laughter, and the kindness
I can find in eyes

These things show me my love of life
before I even make a choice,
so if I choose it consciously,
what then?

©Wendy Mulhern
May 25, 2020