Had I Known
How does one measure a day without shadows
Is there ever one day to hold in the sun
Or are we assigned to rewrite the story
Untangle the knots that kidnap the mind
Arrange fragile moments, unravel the twine
Where everything wonderful would fall into place
Choreographed order in every small thing
Where we could rephrase all the words we have said
and pretend to accept what lay ahead
Where we could take back each reckless thing we did,
take back each careless step we took
and not be caught in the timeless vine
roping around us to be resigned
It might have changed the future then
if only we could undo then
There would be a different road out there
snaking its way through different hills
where snow would still sleep atop an alpine peak
and the road would end here at our feet
What was then
would not be was
Perhaps if I had known back then....
what was learned in time, somehow...
It might be,...
oh,... so different now...
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Contest: Resignation
Sponsor Nayda Ivette Negron
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