Struggle

I was inspired by a sonnet by Shakespeare, in which he asks a young man if he would rather die alone, or lose his freedom and carelessness, and marry, to be a father. Only this one talks to a woman.

Time, flowing like a river,
Never to come back again,
Now may be the only time,
Forget your youth, take on the pain.
Now is your time to choose,
To tip the scales one side and lose the other.
Would you rather live alone or lose,
Would you rather die a mother?