If I could rewrite my life,
the story would be different,
the bad things I've done would be erased,
my journey with God would have been sooner,
those wasted moments would be retrieved,

If I could have treated someone better,
my greatest joy would be to relive that moment,
the sad words mentioned would be swallowed,
left in the bowels of hate,

If I could love again,
my choices would have been different in some ways,
the inner images I would gaze at,
forsaking the outer images that the world worships,

If I could do what I love the most,
the words that I write would be my Everest,
each step that I make towards the peak,
would bring great joy to my soul,

If I could read the greatest book over again,
the word of God I would cling to,
life lessons have been learnt in it,
life has never been the same because of it,

If I could change the world today,
love and peace I would pray for,
poverty and fear I would banish,
the simple things would be the best,
riches and fame wouldn't matter,

If I could change today,
the memories of a brighter day would wake me up,
my prayer to God would be the same,
the mistakes of the past would be left in the wind,

If I could....
Dayne Christopher Anderson