MOSES II

This is not the life he would have chosen

an itinerant

an escapee

an exile.

He could have done so much

with his life

could have accomplished so many things

but instead

he chose to sucker some folk

away from a safe life

a secure existence

to endanger them

lead them to parts unknown

away from their home.

He could have become so much

inherited an empire

like none before him could

but he took a different path

one he always regretted

though, really

he had no choice.