How many chuckle

And roll their eyes

When you say

I don’t know what I’m passionate about

What a luxury

What a laugh

What a first-world notion

Wrong notion

Thankless notion

Deaf notion

How much must one ignore

About nobility and the advance

Before concluding that passion

Is anything other than a choice

Whether in art

Or marriage

Or philosophy

Or the great great cause

Passion is a coat

A gift during the cold stretch

A burden in the stifling heat

Wear it or not

But be light

Choose