If I had been different long ago <br />I might not have been here now: <br />If I had been more defiant, less trusting <br />I would have had much more to show. <br /> <br />My parents never told me <br />The world can hurt and agress; <br />If they had been more clever <br />They could have explained the worry and the stress. <br /> <br />Now older and more defiant <br />I find life has passed me by <br />I tried to build my happiness <br />But on the road it does, wounded, lie. <br /> <br />Copyright: Rani Turton<br /><br />Rani Turton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-had-been-different-long-ago/
