What would have happened?  
If I stayed back home.  
A home where my mom was seldom sober. 
And I was always on my own. 
 
What would have happened?  
If I chose them over you. 
Either way I go. 
I’m a screw-up with everything I do. 
 
This question will always linger. 
In the back of my head, in the back of my heart. 
But maybe it was destiny,  
For us to be apart.
Amanda Miller
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