Two silver rings.
But which to choose? One holding,
the chances of an adventurous life, or
a gruesome death. The other,
grants only life, average at best.
Only one with a chance of reprisal,
for the betterment of my hungry greed;
only one with any potential stability.
Both pulling for their way,
both shining their familiar temptations,
but I had chosen already in my mind,
though I did not wish to acknowledge it.
Two silver rings.
I stared at them; one ring foreshadowed a
silver barrel and from it hung the,
fulfilling trigger, and beside it a
velvet red box of engraved bullets.
They read the name I’d be,
selling my soul to, but only if I
chose their predecessor, the ring.
And the latter of two, shone just as bright and
had armored my finger for many years, but
while they both had compensations and
shortcomings, I had in fact already chosen.
