what is a choice?

They say that it's their choice.
That they choose what happens.
Maybe, it's not that they get to choose what goes on, but it's that they get to choose to go along with it, be okay with it.
A young girl is sitting in her favorite spot, in her favorite time of year.
She is upset.
She refuses to choose to accept the past.
In doing that, she automatically erases all of the good feelings surrounding her.
Temporarily.
Until she is ready to choose.
 
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E.B. Pointy-Pen

VT

16 years old

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