The Road Not Travelled
A Poem by TTBoy
If the greatest thing one can say about Life is,
“Well, I’m alive…,”
is that enough?
When some wish for their life to
end on this heaven or hell,
there are those who wish it would never end
Lesson plans come easy for those who
can afford paper and pens and pencils
Not all can be retained mentally
Even for those who have achieved accolades
honorarily or matriculatedly
As time passes, age catches up and passes up
taking our livelihood with it
And as we start to feel the aches we think
life has bestowed upon us
we question ourselves
We may regret not sleeping with so-and-so when
we had the chance to
We wonder what it would have been like to
marry so-and-so
What would our life be like had we not
had children?
What would life be like had we not
gotten sick?
What would life be like had we
said, “Yes?”
What would life be like had we
said, “No?”
What if I had never had that abortion?
What if my abusing boyfriend had not died
in that car crash?
What if my boss had not gotten transferred
on the day she was to suspend me?
On the edge of our bed
On the commode
On a park bench
Alone in a restaurant
We wonder
Sometimes we cry
Sometimes we laugh
Many times we shake it off because
we wonder why we are having the thoughts
and feelings we are having at that time
And we convince ourselves that we’re
all swell, peachy
until we meet someone who decided to give up
everything and travel to their desired destination
And they are happy, maybe not
everyday – but they are pursuing life
Having created their own blueprint,
they awaken and thank their higher power
for their happiness
