What if?

What if you loved someone

and they didn't love you back?

What if someone loved you

and you didn't love them back?

What if your crush

was afraid of the light?

Afraid of the world,

afraid of the truth?

What if the someone

who loved you

and you didn't love back

fell in love

with your best friend

and your crush

fell in love

with your enemy?

What if your life

little by little

quietly

fell apart?

What if love

was just not made

for you?

What if the world suddenly gave up on you

turning your life

into a leftover pile of nonsense?

What if your lover

was killed in a car crash

 and the police officer that notified you

was your previous crush?

What if the person that crashed into your husband and your lover

was the one who loved you

the one who you didn't love back?

What if all of those people

that haunted your past

suddenly came into the picture

of your present

and future?

What if you

weren't able to love

ever again?

What if

you never, ever said "what if" again?

What if you never labled your life "what if"'s?

What if you let go and labeled yourself as you went along?

What if...

No.

No more what if's.

If the ones whom haunted your past

come back to haunt you again

move on.

Find another love

while still secretly mourning for your lost one.

Move on.

The one that loved you

but you didn't love back

has nothing to do with you now.

The one whom you loved

but didn't love you back

has nothing to do with you now.

Your worst enemy

whom stole your crush from you

has nothing to do with your life now.

Your best friend

who stole the man who loved you

and you didn't love him back

away from you

 has nothing to do with you now.

You are your own person now.

This is the present.

That was the past.

You can change and alter your own future

as you want.

And you you want to risk

your tears

to love again

do not center yourself around

the ones of your

past.

Live your own life

in the present.

The future

is

up

to

YOU.

 

In memory of somebody somewhere who has lost a husband and lived to tell the tale, in Sometime, ?, ????.

Author's Note

Dedicated to Voice, whom wrote the beautiful and incredible poem, "Goddard's Ghost" that officially inspired me to write this piece.

Reviews

[Lexi Nicole]

Very nicely done. I love the constant "what if, what if, what it" and then how you broke it off with such defiance. Really well done! It was like watching thoughts run around inside someone's head. The only I would suggest would be to to work on your grammar, particularly the difference between "who" and "whom".

Keep writing!
-Howl

[(:]

I loved it. It was a piece I didn't get bored with and decided not to review.
I liked it because of the what ifs. It makes me think of a very paranoid person, which is comical, but very deep.

Good Write ^___^

[Lorraine]

So many 'what if's' there. I almost got confused. I was kinda mixing them together while asking myself, who stole who, who loved who, and such. The upper part of this poem is tragic, more like how soap operas are. There are so many confusions and twists. The lower portion, however, is inspiring. After all those examples of a messed up life, what better way to end it than saying that the past is past, but the future is something you are yet to make. Good Work.

Keep Writing. ^___^

[Scott Free]

Wow, Oliviana, this was really good! It was deep but not over-complicated. You are an unrivaled poet.
I had to small things I noticed;
1.What if the world suddenly gave up on you
turning your life
into a leftover pile of nonsense?
The word nonsense didn't work for me. Maybe a leftover pile of despair? Something else?
2. You used 'whom' twice where 'who' was supposed to be used.
But other than those two I loved it. Hurrah and hurray for you!

~S

[ShadowHaze]

this was.. honestly, there's nothing to describe this! (in a good way) it asked tons of questions, that can confuse anyone, lol. It proved that life is sooooo not perfect. It proved that even though you have everything you want in life, there's still tons of questions out there that haven't been answered yet.

It also tells those mopey people (noooooo ofense inteded here!!!!) that just can NOT get over someone or something. *point at me* MYSELF INCLUDED! lol =)

Hope to read more of your writing!!!! Really enjoyed this!