If she had stayed

Amazingly one decision can change your whole life

So she asked
would I have been your wife if I'd stayed
Yes
It's all he needs to say
The bitter weather's beating at her cheeks
The air now almost too cold to breath
Leaves crisp underfoot
This winter will destroy her yet

This certain clarity
I see is soul destroying
Her island
Carved out of the consequences of her decisions
Starts sinking
I feel it swaying, I see it shaking
The bird take flight
The fish swim deep
Expecting explosions of emotions

The revelation of this truth
Ignites her old youth
Her lake starts rippling
Confusion setting in
As he did love her in the end
She remembers the enormity of the hoping
It was easier to leave him than not knowing

But she could of been his wife if she'd stayed
One tiny decision could of changed everything
She started mapping out her future
Carving him out of the paper island she had made

They were so young
Brought up on summer sun
Dry grass underfoot
The way it always was
Warm nights you no longer get
This world a different place then
Than it is

This truth sends ripples through her lake
Decisions, declarations, change everything
She is left hanging
All that was certain
Now means nothing