In Another World, Maybe...

Maybe you wouldn't have been in that accident.

Maybe you wouldn't have lost yourself

and gotten hooked on the opiates.

Maybe you wouldn't have crawled into a bottle

and stomped on your children until

we were nothing

but

t .

Maybe I would have had a normal father.

But,

Then again,

Maybe I wouldn't have grown callous.

Maybe I wouldn't have finally counquered my fear

of moving away.

Maybe I wouldn't have mustered up enough courage

taken the ACTs

and excelled in college.

Maybe I wouldn't have grown

and learned

from your mistakes.

Maybe I wouldn't have bloomed into

someone I could have never been

around you.

Maybe I wouldn't have grown

and forgiven you.

In another world, maybe,

I wouldn't be

who I was meant to be.

~E.G.