Have you ever wondered
how life would be if choices changed
if only that dry leaf didn't crunch
if break from work was consumed by activity
if staying was better than walking away
to endure the pain
A lifeline of ever-branching scenarios
unanswered questions to difficult decisions
if only separation didn't lead to heartbreak
if only there was the courage to fight back
if only words could replace actions
what if?
Scared of what lies ahead
yet to be unburdened choices or simply accepted fate
if sleep did not come so easily
if waking did not come so difficult
if the fretful nights of missed opportunity did not call
to what do we owe the honor, Destiny
In the present, lives move
stagnation muddles the flowing lines of life
if eyes did not cloud with reminisce
if the mind did not contrive fruitless plans
if the body did not walk those wretched lines
the current soul appears whole, minor cracks fractal abound
To learn from the past to live in the present
continuity leads to the future
if the future is the present
if the present if the past
if the past teaches the future
wherein does my soul reside?
