the poet in Dr. Hornedo

I can relate to so many parts of this poem written by the Renaissance man. This is from the latest issue of Montage (vol 11, Sept 2008, p23), the Varsitarian's Literary Magazine.

(credits to that icecream break for making me notice that there's something new and unusual inside AB's newspaper box, and to Chubabi for getting me a copy. :D)

Between Choice and Choice
by Florentino H. Hornedo

You have gone this far
To discover
That you did not have
To go this far;
Yet it is too far
And too late
Not to have gone this far.
Time is
A one-way highway.
Regret is a waste.
The only way
Is ahead.
Virtue is necessity.
The only question is
The onward step
From here.
Turning back is a lie.
The only truth
Of choice lies ahead.
And the only choice
Is between choice
And choice.
For the future
Is choice,
So, free it is.