What If
These two words I dread.
Realizing that life is too short
To have regrets.
All that I want to say
Cannot make its way
Out of these lips
That want to meet yours
Face to face.
From my mind
To this paper
Are as far as these words will go.
One day
Someway
I will have to courage
To speak these feelings
That I have constantly been dealing with
That have no place to call home,
So this journal
Is where they stay safe and calm.
But these emotions of love and desire
Just want to escape
From my body who needs some relief,
Some clarity.
But I let them build up,
Like I am helping my inner being
And giving myself my own type of charity.
What if you'll never feel the same?
What if you will someday make me feel pain,
Heartbreak?
What if we try and fail?
What if one of us falls and the other sails?
These are the questions that I face,
That make me stay away.
However, what if optimism and hope conquer my fears
Of betrayal and disappointment?
And my heart fills with the remembrance
Of our good times and our laughter
So the question
That really should be answered is:
What if we fall in love and live happily ever after?
Copyright © Lauren Mccoy | Year Posted 2011
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