Things That Could Have Been.

I could have been good,

Had I not suffered childhood.

I could have been contented,

Had I not been surrounded by the wretched.

I could have felt something other than pain,

Had I not been tormented and driven insane.

There are so many things that could have been.

We could have had a family,

Had you not tried to destroy me.

We could have had a future,

Had you not sliced open my heart and left it bleeding without a suture.

We could have had everything,

Had you not made me a second-string.

There are so many things that could have been.

I could gaze into the mirror,

Had it not meant locking eyes with a stranger.

I could still feel eager,

Had it not seemed that every grass was greener.

I could fly without dramamine,

Had it not kept the world evergreen.

There are so many things that could have been.