The Weight of What Ifs

By Ketoulezo Rio

It'll eventually fade, I whispered to myself

Things will get back to normal, or so I thought. 

I hope it will, I wish it did, but I know it never will. 

I sat beside the bonfire, it slowly dimmed. 

The warm embrace was ephemeral, with dying embers that brought me peace. 

Drowned in thoughts of What Ifs, time silently passed. 

WHAT IF, I could turn back time, 

WHAT IF, I could go back to that night. 

WHAT IF, I never picked that call. 

WHAT IF; We never met. 

As I stared at the fading warmth. 

The dying flames ignited a spark in me..... 

WHAT IF - I enjoyed the moment

WHAT IF, I never wanted to go back. 

WHAT IF, I answered that call and said Hi. 

WHAT IF, I was glad our paths crossed. 

WHAT IF, we fell in love....

The night sky erupted with firecrackers, and I..... 

I fell in love; I wish I never did, 

but there I was, left with bittersweet memory 

of what could have been..... 

Can we skip the part,

where I fell in love???

By Ketoulezo Rio