What if I’d said yes,<\/p>\n
At every point of my life.<\/p>\n
Every opportunity that came my way,<\/p>\n
Taking it up without a moment’s thought.<\/p>\n
The answer to every question,<\/p>\n
That was ever asked of me.<\/p>\n
If I’d given in to life,<\/p>\n
Accepting its way of course as my own.<\/p>\n
Where would I be now?<\/p>\n
I have to wonder,<\/p>\n
Would I be Queen with royal subjects,<\/p>\n
Would I be a killer my knife dripping with blood?<\/p>\n
Would I be a philanthropist giving away all I have,<\/p>\n
Would I be the person on the other side of the blade?<\/p>\n
What if I’d taken the road more travelled,<\/p>\n
Would I end up like everyone else?<\/p>\n
Or would my ordinary choices,<\/p>\n
Set me apart from everyone else?<\/p>\n
Simply because no one is normal,<\/p>\n
Simply because I myself am not normal,<\/p>\n
Though my choices are…<\/p>\n
~thryaksha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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