Men and the way we choose

To live our lives

With honor and deeds

Or mistrust and lies

Do we surround ourselves with truth

Build a foundation with roots

Or claim the mantra

With our misdeeds

It’s only us we hurt

Do we believe

When we walk in another’s eye

We’d best watch where we step

Or merely tread

Where only we can see

Out there lie

Many choices, many paths

We can plant good seed

Or live within our greed

We can walk through mud

And shed our blood

To lend a helping hand

Or we can walk around

Ignore the cries of what’s right

Shut our ears to the wrong

Make the claim

We stand on hallowed ground

But when it ends

And all comes down

All men choose

Where they stand

It’s a choice we make

Of our own

Dependent on

The heart within

What it bleeds out

When it comes face to face

With choices made

Along the path

We choose to walk