They are a trio, and they chant in unison
“Should, Must and Want”
and the three have been part of my world seemingly forever.
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Yet each time I hear their chorus, the lyrics change, never the earlier words I remember
When I was young (and yes, that was ever so long ago,) it was simple to obey the combined reminders, suggestions and/or commandments.
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I remember the earliest :
I should study more, I must keep hoping to succeed while
More than anything I wanted to go to the library and read.
Before too many moons had come and gone, and I was certainly no wiser, I recall new entreaties just a mite stronger:
I should go to college,
Even if I must do it at night,
Despite wanting funds for chasing untold rainbows.
The next time I heard their trio of soft reminders I was older (still not much wiser,) as once more I listened to a distinctively different set of lyrics:
I should try harder
And I must learn to worry less,
As well as read less, because
More than anything I wanted to be a good Mother.
Often the tunes the three combined voices sang were well received.
Still quite often for brief spans of time, their song went unheard as I drifted into the soft comfort of inertia.
Consequently, today it was a surprise when they resurrected and I listened to a new chorus sung by Should, Must and Want:
I should enjoy life more
I must be less reclusive, eat better and of course exercise more
Even though, I want to read, write and indulge in BBC Mysteries.
And tonight I wonder if the three voices all have another name, Conscience,
and it was always hidden behind the non de plume of Should, Must and Want.
