No Regrets

    At times I've sat and wondered
    about the way things might have been.

    If the story I have lived in
    had been different than what it is

    What if I had gone to college?
    Studied business or got myself a Ph.D

    Would my life be any better?
    Would I be the man I want to be?

    How about if I had listened
    to everyone else's sage advice

    When love struck and made me gamble!
    When they warned me not to roll the dice!!

    Where would my story have taken me
    if these pages and chapters had not been read?

    Would I know the joys of being husband and father
    without the wife and children that I have?

    How empty would the pages be
    if I had gone and moved away?

    Instead of working with my children
    and growing with them, day by day

    So many little what ifs
    so many shoulda', coulda' beens

    I'm just content to live my story
    No regrets for the way things might have been 

                        02/10/2018