IF I KNEW
IF I KNEW
IF I KNEW TODAY WOULD BE MY LAST DAY,
I WOULD…..
LAUGH HARD AT ALL THE THINGS I ALWAYS WANTED TO
SMILE AT EVERYONE I SEE
TELL MY YOUNGER SELF, “You did your best”
SAY SORRY TO MY REFLECTION—FOR ALL THE TIMES I DOUBTED HER
WATCH THE CLOUDS DRIFT AND NAME THEM AFTER MEMORIES
HUG AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD GET MY ARMS AROUND
CALL MY FAMILY AND TELL THEM I LOVE THEM
CALL MY OLD FRIENDS AND “Remember When”
DRESS UP IN SOMETHING WHIMSICAL
EAT ALL MY FAVORITE FOODS
LISTEN TO MY FAVORITE SONGS
OPEN ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS AND LET THE BREEZE FILL THE AIR
STEP OUTSIDE AND LISTEN TO THE WIND AND THE BIRDSONGS
HOPE FOR RAIN, SO THAT I COULD DANCE IN THE RAIN ONE LAST TIME
LOOK AT THE NIGHT SKY AND STARS AND KNOW HEAVEN WAS WAITING
STAND STILL, COMPLETELY STILL, AND LISTEN TO MY OWN HEARTBEAT
SAY A GRATEFUL PRAYER TO GOD FOR EVERYDAY HE GAVE ME
ASK FOR FORGIVENESS
FORGIVE EVERYONE
SMILE BETTER.
"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
— Robert Brault
Copyright © Krishika Upadhyay | Year Posted 2025
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