One day can change the path of one’s life,
Whether towards pleasure, or maybe to strife.
12 years ago my family relocated to an unknown country,
Where people were mysterious and unlike me physically.
An alien I must have been,
Amidst crowds that weren’t the same, even through skin.
And even now I imagine often
“What if we stayed?” It’s quite common.
Yet when I think about what WOULDN’T have happened if we had stayed,
My questions quickly fade.
My current friends would be gone
(though I know that I’d have other friends)
My life would just need too many amends.
If someone were to ask whether I’d change the course of that one special day,
Now, I’d reply with, “No way!”