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Apr 2013
Tell me:
What if my life wasn't the same?
I made a different decision once
And everything I know now is flipped one hundred-eighty degrees.
I chose to not love him?
I decided to talk to him?
I all together ignored him?
Tell me:
What if my life wasn't the same?
I wouldn't be the same person,
And who I am now, never would have even existed.              
I chose to drink away my pains?
I decided to cause myself pain?
I all together enjoyed pain?
Who would I be then?
Who would I be now?
What if I took the road more traveled by?
Or made myself a new trail?
What if I didn't end up admiring the heavens?
Or instead hopelessly tried to catch fireflies or fish?  
At the right time,                  
Somehow, the right people come into my life;
They may not be the people I want to meet,
Or even the people I think I need to know.        
Tell me:
What if no one I knew now chanced upon me?
Would I even exist as I am?
References to my other poem "Love for Sale" and "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Ashlyn Kriegel
Written by
Ashlyn Kriegel  Minneapolis, MN
(Minneapolis, MN)   
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   Timothy and karin naude
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