Whatif

[certainthings]

Shel Silverstein - Whatif

Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

Comments

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is a neat poem. Shel Silverstein really knows what's going on.

The Whatifs are so troublesome sometimes.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Shel Silverstein one of my favourite people.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

He is good people. :)

Hey, I M DUM and posted something for you not realizing that I had never put you on my fic filter. Complete oversight. ::headdesk:: But here you are, Happy late late late Birthday!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Miss Rustygirl.

[fiddleyoumust.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

Whatif we could all stop thinking about what might happen, and instead went out and made things happen.

That would be pretty fucking cool.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Whatif, eh? Whatif ...

[(Anonymous)]

I love SHEL SILVERSTEIN!

WOO!

[raven-annabelle.livejournal.com]

er, I LOVE SHEL SILVERSTEIN.

Damn you ,lj

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I do love him too.

[tabularassa.livejournal.com]

I love Shel:)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

As do I.

[quidditchkiss.livejournal.com]

Whatif they start a war?

:(

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*nods and hugs*

[bigmamag.livejournal.com]

I totally LOVE Shel Silverstein. He's like, a third of my childhood.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

The man is pretty amazing.