What if I could have it all?

What if you could have it all?

What if we could have it all?

I want to have it all

I want security

A place of my own

To be cushioned from life’s uncertainties

But I want freedom too

To travel the world

To live on a whim

To pick a random interest

And lose myself in it

I want to wake up before everyone else

To serious business

Nation building business

Then sit on grass

By a stream

Doing nothing

At noon

I don’t want to compromise today

For an unpromised tomorrow

I don’t want to dampen my youth

To secure my old age

No

I want to live out my youth

And still thrive in old age

Who said the universe was on a budget?

Why do we limit our dreams?

What if we could have it all?

What if you could have fun

And still be a good parent?

Why do we resign

To live a slow death

To secure a future

We never get to enjoy

What if we could have it all?

What if we did not give up today’s joy?

What if we stood up to God

And refused to settle for less

And instead, asked for everything we desire

Who died and made desire a crime?

Who said that wanting it all was gluttonous?

Greedy

Unreasonable

Unrealistic

Delusional

What if we could have it all?

Where might our ‘delusion’ take us?

Who could we be

If we never lost our sense of wonder