Any One of Us

What would you do

if you were faced with a decision

where doing nothing, letting it ride,

 could kill you

as easily as doing something, having the test?

What would you do,

if this was you?

 

What would you feel

if you learned, in a letter,

that someone you love, adore,  is

dying…

in a letter?

What would you feel,

if this was you?

 

What would you say

if you were from a large family

all living within a ten mile radius of home

yet the majority of the care-giving

was left to you?

What would you say,

if this was you?

 

What would you think

if you went back home

afterwards

only to see that

someone had entered

and taken, taken,  taken?

What would you think,

if this was you?

 

What would you respond

if you suffered and endured

multiple betrayals and losses

and then you learned that

your most valued

relationships

aren’t?

What would you respond,

if this was you?

 

What would you taste

if you learned the people you

love most have

shut

the door on

you?

What would you taste,

if this was you?

 

What would you

do and feel and

say and think and

respond and taste?

If this was you?

If this was any one of us?

 

 

©Maribeth Batcho 2016  All Rights Reserved

Just me trying to make sense of the world…