WHAT IF

What if I had chosen a different road,

Would my life be free from its heavy load?

If I had picked another school, another friend,

Would my days be calm, my heart on mend?

It's easy to dwell on what could have been,

To replay the scenes and the choices seen.

But the past is past, and done is done,

Yet my mind still races, battles won.

It paints scenarios of a brighter now,

Where joy and peace serenely bow.

If only I had stayed, if only I'd known,

Would I be here, feeling so alone?

But what if this path, with all its pain,

Holds lessons deep, wisdom to gain?

Perhaps in facing demons, I find my might,

And emerge from darkness into light.

Yet the temptation lingers, the fear takes hold,

As I wander through this foggy fold.

What if I had embraced the Sun's warm glow,

Chased dreams, instead of ghosts that know?

If I could rewrite the script of fate,

Would I still stumble, or navigate?

Life's journey twists, from end to end,

Decisions made, lessons to attend.

But what if we could start anew,

Would I take the offer, would you too?

To begin again, with lessons learned,

With hope renewed, and bridges burned.

In the maze of life, with its twists and turns,

What if we could rewrite the burns?

Life, a canvas, awaiting its art,

What if we could make a fresh start?