The change

symbolized here by vertical line drawn in the center of a blank page

looking to the left side of the page previously divided in half

a single word: hope

directly on the line itself

this is where i will write the words i choose to tell my story

my story

the revelations compartmentalized

part I and part II

Respectively --

three options laid before me

the rules were as follows:

choice #1, or

choice #2,

but not both

my decision was made

startled by own choice

what followed arrived quickly

simultaneous perhaps

freedom

Four specific letters

forming the markings of the vertical line itself

written towards the end of the end

yet equally as critical

a different set of letters

also four

also specific

my life forever changed

this change - an earthquake

the catalyst found in the center of the page, standing vertically

i drew the fault line with my own hand

i feel a certain 8 letters every day still

often intensely

but despite these aftershocks

the ground on which im standing is different

ive written down a new set of letters

four

again

but all different --

your set of letters.