What If

What if I had eaten fruit and vegetables?
Instead of cheese and chips
What if I had worked out every day?
Instead of watching too much tv
What if I had applied myself when I was teaching?
Instead of lying on my bed buried under a thousand harsh words?
What if I had a good sense of humor?
Instead of going over and over an insult I had received
What if I had learned to play an instrument?
Instead of looking for excuses to not even try
What if I had gotten married?
Instead of waking up each morning feeling the sting of lonliness
What if I had had children?
Instead of worrying about the work and material cost
What if everyone would just accept people who are different?
Instead of judging them and excluding them
What if all people were free from fear of harm?
Instead of worrying about landmines and evil leaders
What if we could make this a better world?
Instead of just writing about it
What if
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Posted: Jul 2015
About this poem:
Just going over some things I have wished would be better. Just like in the movie PeeWee's Big Adventure, "You can't wait for things to happen, you have to make them happen."

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rapturecapture
Hi Mike


I can relate to your wonderful poem...I also have asked myself what if...and aslo if only...

Really enjoyed reading, thank you for sharing

Martina xxxhug teddybear bouquet
beautifulyou
Awesome poem, Mc, love this! cheering
and, if i may add one more 'what if'

What if we started all over, so no yesterday was?!
What if there was only Now?
and there was only today, for today!
Maybe, just maybe
it's never too late,
to change

bouquet
Tanzila
Woww ! A very good one indeed ! All those wasted possibility... Those regrets remain asking forever "What If !"... sad flower
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