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square one

January 27, 2011
By Anonymous

What would i change
If i could go back and change one thing
Erase one regret
Forget someone i’ve met
Would i even change a thing
Or would i leave it all the same

Would I go back to the day I met you
The day you said hello
When I passed you in the hallways
Would I try harder to walk slow
To stop our paths from crossing
Would that save me from this low

What about that day in class
Where I tried to meet your eye
I was so young
Had no experience
I never would have guessed
You’d be the one to make me cry

Would I change that night in November
When we shared our very first kiss
What would I have done
If I were to go back and tell myself
That you would be the one
I would always have to miss

Were the highs worth the lows
And knowing what I know
Would I still have fallen for you
Had someone told me
It would be this hard
To make myself let go

If I could change the past
Would I make that phone call the last
The one that broke my heart
And left me searching for answers
Because I didn’t know
why it ended so fast

and when you tried to come back
would I have run away
and tried to pretend
that I was over you
if I had known
that it would lead to another crack

if I knew then what I know now
would I stop myself somehow
would I turn around and run
in order to keep myself away
from where I am today
which is back at square one


The author's comments:
if you could go back and stop yourself from entering a relationship if you knew the outcome, would you?

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on Apr. 15 2011 at 6:50 pm
GlassXRose BRONZE, Florida
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SUCH a lovely poem! I feel like I know exactly where you were coming from with this one.

on Feb. 13 2011 at 10:27 pm
OliviaShea GOLD, Lakewood, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind dont matter, and those who matter dont mind" "you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"

Thank you so much(: i think that given the chance i probably would leave everything the same too, because there are some things that i would never have learned, and i also never would have started writing(:

on Feb. 13 2011 at 9:59 pm
natashajeanne1021 GOLD, Madelia, Minnesota
13 articles 1 photo 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
Time is an important thing but it is also the cause of a lot of pain;Some wish for it to go faster while others wish for it to go faster.Then there are those that wish it could just end. So enjoy the time in life you are given and don't worry so much.

wow, i absoutly love this! it reminds me of some stuff ive written...ive thought a million times if i had the chance to go back and stop myself from meeting the first person to break my heart...but the answer is always the same for me. No. i couldnt change anything because what we did have was some of the best memories of my life! =) 

keep writing! you are an amazing writer!! =)


on Feb. 12 2011 at 10:54 pm
OliviaShea GOLD, Lakewood, Washington
10 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind dont matter, and those who matter dont mind" "you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"

thank you, i will(:

on Feb. 12 2011 at 10:52 pm
Volleystar15 GOLD, Wauconda, Illinois
11 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You asked me what was wrong, i smiled and said NOTHING.
Then i turned around and whispered EVERYTHING."

"When i see you smile and know that is not for me, that is when i miss you the most."

this is so good. i love it. totally relatable

 if you could comment on my work its under my screenname. thanks and keep writing!