Just think how much easier <br />Life would be... <br />If life was an open book <br /> <br />There'd be no more guessing <br />Along the way <br />Trying to figure...go or stay? <br />Do or not? <br />Sink...or swim? <br />It wouldn't much matter... <br />The text would say <br /> <br />The script of life would clearly be <br />Written on pages...meant to see <br />The characters portrayed <br />Would be carefully chosen <br />Based upon need at the time <br /> <br />The plot would develop <br />Page after page... <br />Year after year... <br />With sub-plots... <br />Scattered throughout <br /> <br />Life would be simpler then... <br />If life was an open book <br /> <br />Each book would be different though <br />And some...might intermingle <br />But no two books would <br />Read the same throughout... <br /> <br />Some books would be longer <br />And perhaps...a little dry <br />While others with a real great plot <br />Would seem to surely fly <br /> <br />Of course... <br />We would have our favorites <br />That we're unable to put down <br />We would read them with great gusto <br />And feel loss once they are done <br /> <br />And what of my book... <br />The reader might ask... <br />Will it be long... <br />Or sadly shortened? <br />Will it be of epic form <br />Or short story proportion? <br /> <br />Will my book become a best seller <br />To anyone but me? <br />And if it does... <br />Who will read it.. <br />And will they see the real me? <br /> <br />If my life was an open book <br />The mask could slowly lower <br />Secrets...fear...and trepidation... <br />Would surely then be over... <br /> <br />But it's not an open book... <br />And so...I live within a wall <br />A fence so sturdy round my fort <br />That it will likely...never fall <br /> <br />Dee Daffodil (HW) 3 March 2008<br /><br />Dee Daffodil<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-life-was-an-open-book/
