That's what I thought in those final moments- <br /> <br />If only I had studied harder and learned <br />by heart the declensions of Latin <br /> <br />If only my parents had acquired wealth <br />enough to send me to university <br /> <br />If only my grandparents had left <br />the old country in time <br /> <br />If only my impetuous nature <br />had been restrained <br /> <br />Perhaps this dismal death <br />might have been avoided <br /> <br />But then I never would have <br />become Achilles!<br /><br />Michael Pruchnicki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-only-i-had-studied-harder/
