Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? Storyteller Kara Bezuko.
What If
What if one year from now
We run into each other in the airport.
My heart races
Our memories flood with those times
We sat on airport floors together
Laughing and planning our adventures.
What if five years from now
I meet you at the supermarket
My palms sweaty when our eyes meet
My heart drops into my stomach and
I remember that letter I wrote to you
Saying I thought you were the one.
But the one
Doesn’t let you walk away.
What if ten years from now
I see you in a cafe
Your hair is dusted with silver,
Our faces weathered by the demands of life.
You tell me you still dream of me sometimes
Wondering what our life would have been,
If we never parted ways.
What would've happened,
If you had never let me walk away?
What if ten years from now
You realize that letting me go,
Was the biggest mistake
You’d ever make.
Kara Bezuko is a storyteller, poet, wanderer. Her writing is an exploration of cultivating joy and happiness. How can we collectively move beyond stuck mindsets, routine and norms to live a life that lights us up?
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