If
Do we call it routine
this rut that we're in
Would we be better off had we made other plans
If I'd gone to a dance
Another ring on my hand
instead of the lake, where our story began
If we never had met, if my parents had moved
to another small town
where a job was approved
If you lived in the east
If I lived in the west
and the rest of the world
didn't matter the least
If we did what we pleased
If we traveled abroad
And each day of our life
we never sacrificed much
Only thought about "I"
Never walked down an aisle
Never searched for a house
Never held a sweet child
Never watched a first smile
Never walked them to school
Never pushed them along
Never loved them so much
If we never had bills, mounting high as the hills
If you never held me
If I never held you
If we never grew up
If we had given up
Oh, where would I be?
If we hadn't hung on
I can't bear to just think
of where I would be without you
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8/28/16
Contest: Poetry Unhinged
Sponsor: John Lawless
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2016
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