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What If
by
Cinnamon Brown
Every now and then I sit down and think about all the things
that I should have could have and would have done.
I think about the time that I ran away from home when I was 14, I wonder what
would have happened if I had kept going like I had planned too. Maybe I would’ve
have been a Vegas showgirl or maybe I would have just been a homeless junkie
begging for change in the middle of Times Square . I think about the time I
changed my major from Political Science to Human Resources would I have been a
Political fire starter or maybe I would have just been an over opinionated over
educated receptionist. What if I didn’t volunteer at every charities functions
and collect money that I don’t make in a year for people who probably wouldn’t
appreciate the time and energy that it took for me to get dressed for the
function never mind the energy it took to attend. Would I have been called
apathetic or would I be just doing what the majority of folks do. And how about
leaving my Job, my home, my family, my life, my everything in my birth state to
come to a place even more judgmental than me. If I had stayed would I be sitting
here writing this unorganized chain of BS or would I be at the café watching the
man across the room. Maybe I would be attending one of my step-mothers lovely
church functions or maybe I would be looking at my own reflection knowing
myself.
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