(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem that emphasizes the power of “if,” of the woulds and coulds and shoulds of the world.)
Imagine, if you will,
for just a moment,
that when I awoke
this early morning,
with the fuzz of last night
slow thrumming through
the early birds’ chirps
and puffy worn eyes
seeking quick closure,
I had written all the word
that were in me.