What If?

What If?

What if the carousel never stopped spinning,

A storm of thoughts, forever beginning?

Round and round, the horses race,

Each “what if” etched upon their face.

What if the sky falls? What if I fail?

What if the winds tear apart my sail?

What if the path I choose is wrong,

Or I’m too weak when I should be strong?

The mind becomes a dizzying fair,

A restless circus, a weight to bear.

But what if, instead, I stepped away,

Letting the fears dissolve with the day?

What if I dared to simply let go,

To silence the questions I’ll never know?

What if the future is kinder than this—

A place of hope, of joy, of bliss?

For every “what if” that darkens the skies,

There’s a brighter “what if” that helps me rise.

What if I’m braver than I believe?

What if my dreams are mine to achieve?

So let the carousel whirl and spin,

But I’ll choose the “what ifs” that let light in.

A gentler song, a softer refrain,

And freedom from the endless chain.