Preference or Principle

The ploys of preference seeks to

Drown out Old Principle

Greed sees no need to think Choice through

To the Invisible

Preference grabs at instant ease

Ignoring wisdom’s voice

Where consequence cannot appease

The aftermath of Choice

But Principle, unwavering

Does not alter its stance

It scans the span beyond the wing

Of present Circumstance

And looks to One higher than man

Whose precept was ordained

To give us something Truer than

The whims of Want unchained

Ah, Principal or Preference

We have it All to lose

Where morrow’s Awesome dividends

Depend on what we choose

© Janet Martin

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Daniel 1:8