What-if?

Inspiration strikes in the strangest times.

I find the best time Dear Inspiration pops in for a visit is always just as I rest my head on the pillow and attempt to get some sleep; thats when all the thoughts, ideas, words, and notes parade through my mind.. 

A clever line of prose, 

A new word I read somewhere, 

A new thing I need to try, 

Something I have to do, 

A blog post, 

A life-strategy,

That text I forgot to reply to,

An article idea, 

Something I had to tell my best friend and forgot, 

or something i have to plan....

But most of the time, I get the "what-ifs"

The "what-ifs" are those lingering thoughts you get about things you've done, things you haven't gotten around to doing, things you've forgotten, things you've said, etc... 

Everyone gets them, I guess it's just part of the end of the day tally people do.. 

It's a chance to reflect and think of what's next, or to learn from mistakes.. 

You take them with a grain of salt and shoo them away. For life is too short to dwell on stuff, and "الدنيا يبيلها صبر" (**a new lesson I learnt today from a ladies gathering, I just love learning new pieces of advice, you never know if you might need it again later..)

Random topic I know, but this whole poem was inspired by a poem I read yesterday by Shel Silverstein, which is accordingly is dubbed "Whatif":

Last night, while I lay thinking here,

some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

and pranced and partied all night long

and sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I'm dumb in school?

Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?

Whatif I get beat up?

Whatif there's poison in my cup?

Whatif I start to cry?

Whatif I get sick and die?

Whatif I flunk that test?

Whatif green hair grows on my chest?

Whatif nobody likes me?

Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?

Whatif I don't grow talle?

Whatif my head starts getting smaller?

Whatif the fish won't bite?

Whatif the wind tears up my kite?

Whatif they start a war?

Whatif my parents get divorced?

Whatif the bus is late?

Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?

Whatif I tear my pants?

Whatif I never learn to dance?

Everything seems well, and then

the nighttime Whatifs strike again!  

Don't you just love reading such inspirational stringed words? 

xx

Baroque 

Ps. Sincerity; a trait that shines through the hardest personalities.