What if I didn't want to?
Could I have the choice?
Is the alternative still an option?
What if I wanted more?
Can I raise my hand to be selected?
Get in line again for seconds?
What if I just evaporated?
Just disappeared?
Would it matter to anyone?
How long until you missed me?
How long until you wonder what's become of me?
Where have I been?
Artists become famous in death.
Beauty is imminent in youth.
Callousness prevails with age.
First loves are never forgotten.
Last loves never go away.
Despair robs us of faith.
Prosperity cures desolation.
Perseverance is a weapon towards laziness.
Desire keeps us young.
Fragility dictates caution.
Strength lets us remain safe.
Curiosity feeds our knowledge.
Fear keeps us wondering.
Ignorance makes us guess.
Bliss allows us laughter.
Freedom gives us choices.
What if I had chosen a different path?
What if I went through the other door?
What if decided to follow my mind instead of my heart?
What if my instinct was wrong?
What if I wasted my time?
Wasted my youth?
What if this was my only chance?
What if I never saw you agaIn?
Would you miss me?
What if I never lied?
What if you told me everything?
Would any of it really matter?
What if I gave you my heart?
Gave you my soul?
Would you want it?
What if you saw me naked?
Raw?
Would you still want me?
What if you had a choice?
Had a chance?
Would you take it?
What if you never saw me that day?
What if I told you NO and you listened?
Would you be here now?
What if I ran far away?
What if you couldn't catch me?
Couldn't reach me?
What if you stopped trying?
What if I didn't care?
What if I can see through you?
What if I knew everything?
Would I still be here?
Would I live in fear?
What if I changed my mind?
What if I didn't want to do this anymore?
Would you crumble to the floor?
What if I decided to stay this time?
Would you change for me?
Would you want to still?
What if I decided to keep her?
Raise her alone without you?
Would you try to find us?
What if you had no choice?
What if the freedom of choice was taken away?
Would you even want to stay?
Would you do it all over again?
If there were no winners here?
If we could start again, be happy again?
What if you could see tomorrow today?
Feel yesterday tomorrow?
Know now that you should have when you could have?
What if you never gave up?
What if I never gave in?
Would we still risk it all?
What if we never fell in love?
If you never made me cry?
What if we never said good bye?
About the Creator
Natalie Marie Stefani-Rice
So please grant me peace from the demons I see. They crowd me and stalk me and won't let me be.
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