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What If's?
by John Michael Domino → (All Poetry by John Michael Domino)
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"What if's" can drive you crazy if you let them.


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Major decisions change the course of lives in every way

But we are the Captain of the ship of our lives every single day

 
Head north, east, west or south? It’s a blessing or curse… 

Good one or bad one? For better or for worse?


One fine day a major crossroad happened to me

My wife-to-be could not go along to Hawaii

 
So I asked to have my orders cancelled and instead the Air Force sent us to Japan


Some friends thought I was crazy; but after 28 years it's been just grand!

 


Yes, every now and then I think about how life would be had I gone another way

I have been to Hawaii a few times now, it’s beautiful, but without her it’s "just OK"

 

Why ponder about “What if’s” if we lived with good health and had lots of fun?

It's that demon inside us that tries to remind us about what we “coulda” done.

 

Well, I could talk about this all day and go on and on.

But I must excuse myself

I made a MAJOR decision

I am going to the john!

 

 ©2014, John Michael Domino

 

NOTE: Photo of my cat Sammy deciding if he should visit the feline next door...

 


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 Reviews of "What If's?"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on October 14, 2014
Thank you for sharing the wisdom, John. Love and blessings to you,

Regis

Reviewed by kg cummings
Reviewed on September 29, 2014
thought provoking story poem that I thoroghly enjoyed, and got quite a smile by it's surprise ending! smiles, kathy

Reviewed on September 11, 2014
So much truth in this write. The last line blew my mind! Ha haa!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Chip Bergeron
Reviewed on September 9, 2014
John:

You are so right ....the "if's and but's" of life can blind us to the wonderful things that have happened as life unrolls, even if they didn't seem to be wonderful at the time. It's a lesson we humans have to learn and relearn every day. We forget how good God is, even in the littlest things.

Chip Bergeron

Reviewed by Kathleen McDonald
Reviewed on September 9, 2014
SMILES, last line was cute!! I try very hard never to think of What ifs. Life is what I made of it and decisions I made I have to live with and I do. Great write
hug
Kathy

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on September 9, 2014
It's that demon inside us that tries to remind us about what we “coulda” done.

It sure is, and most of us fight that demon every day.

PS: One of my cats looks just like your Sammy - I call her Munchkin.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on September 9, 2014
Sounds like you are making headway with your battle with the problem, hope everything came out okay.


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