What If.... Poem by Brandon Hoeg

WHAT IF I DIED TOMORROW,
WHAT IF THIS LIFE WAS NOTHING BUT SORROW.
WHAT IF NOTHING ELSE MATTERED
WHAT IF NOTHING WAS WHAT IT SEEMED,
WHAT IF ALL THIS WAS JUST A DREAM.
WHAT IF THIS LIFE WAS A NEVER-ENDING LADDER.

WHAT IF THERE WERE NO COLD OR HOT,
WHAT IF WHEN WE DIED WE WOULD ALL JUST ROT.
WHAT IF THERE WAS NO HEAVEN OR HELL,
WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU AIMED FOR ALWAYS MISSED,
WHAT IF NOTHING REALLY EXISTS.
WHAT IF I CAME UP BUT NEVER FELL.

WHAT IF IS THE QUESTION OF ALL FRIGHT,
ITS WHAT WAKES US UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
IT HAS NO PAST AND NO HISTORY,
ITS THE BURNING LIGHT,
ITS THE NEVER-ENDING FIGHT.
WHAT IF IS NOTHING BUT A MYSTERY.