Would What You Do?

If you knew this was the last time,

Would you do it different?

Would words mean more?

Would feelings feel deeper?

Would you make time pass slower?

If you knew this was the last birthday,

Would your gift be bigger?

The candles burn brighter?

If you knew this was the last Thanksgiving,

Would you make the stuffing from scratch?

Would you use the good china and iron the fancy linens?

Would you pay more attention?

Would you be at peace?

Would you wish you did more?

Said more?

Offered more?

Accepted more?

Appreciated more?

If you knew this was the last vacation,

Would you have more fun?

Would you take more pictures?

Would you drive slower and take your time?

Make more stops?

See more sights?

Watch more sunsets?

Would you inhale deeper?

Would you open your eyes wider?

Would you hear more and listen harder?

Would you dance more?

Laugh more?

Forgive more?

If you knew this was the last Christmas,

Would you the lights sparkle brighter?

Would the carols sound sweeter?

Would the stockings get filled,

No matter how old you are?

If you knew this was the last kiss,

Would you linger longer?

Hold tighter?

Would you let go?

Ever?

If you knew this was how it would end,

Would you rewrite the story?

Or would you follow the same path?

What would you do,

If you knew this was the last time?