What If



I begin to think of my past
And all that i have done wrong
How adults just say let it go
Instead i say what if
I begin to think of the present
about what i am going through
They say that there's nothing left you can do
Instead i say what if
I begin to think of the future
Where and who i will be
The world says its not time to see
Instead i say what if
Lastly i lay still in my bed
My hair is white and i lay deathly ill
The doctor says to take all these pills
I say my prayers, close my eyes,
Enjoy my last seconds of life
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Submitted by ThroughAndThrough17 on October 02, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 507
Words 116
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

Jasmin DeRouchie

Jasmin DeRouchie, A young poet from America influenced by poetry writes "What If". A poem that expresses life from future to past. more…

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