What would you do if you choose something different? What do you think would happen?


What if…

Every day I wonder what I could have done different.

To be what you are, to have what you have.

I wonder what If I chose sport over art
Passion over direction
Me over you.

I envy what I am not
For leaving behind something I did not know yet

I look to the past and wish I did it different
I wish I chose better

I look at you and I feel longing wishing I was you
To move like falling leaves and dancing snow
To enjoy what i have
And to enjoy the small moments of life

I now know that I feel envy

I envy you
And what you do

You have people who like what you do
I am alone as I chose you

But I chose this path
That I cannot change

I feel alone but the truth I do not know

We are both envious of ourselves and each other

The what if’s that we both have
Longing for difference
The longing for what we do not have

But what if I chose something else

What would happen then?



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Written on 2026-05-12 at 03:01

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