What If

Oh to be young again,
a chance to make different choices
and decisions,
not having to regret the mistakes
of the past.

But “what if “is for fools,
“what is “, reality.

The past can affect the future
for better or worse.
Which, a matter of interpretation.

To repeat “what was “,
or learn from experience and create
“what will be “.

We can throw the bones of our past
in the air,
like the soothsayers of old, letting them
fall where they may,
or place them carefully according to a
pattern that seems ordered and
pleasing to the mind.

Happiness and content
can only be achieved by being honest
with oneself.
Recognizing, acknowledging and discarding
our weaknesses,
and building on our strengths,
goals and desires.