What if...

I have listened to my parents that night?
I never walked through that construction site?
None of us ever met Elfangor?
We never got involved in this war?

Would we still be here?
Would we still live in fear?
Would we still be free?
What would our world be?

I could tell you my name,
And not worry about this deadly game?
I could say I was normal?
My only worry, what to wear to the formal?

Would the Yeerks win?
Would our freedom be lost?
Would this war be over,
Without even a fight?

We never gained the power?
Would all our dreams go sour?
This invasion remained silent?
Would we not know until too late?

I had known what was to happen?
Would I still have walked this path?
I could go back?
Would I change the past?

That moment in time had been changed?
Which thread of time would spin?
That moment ceased to exist?
Where would our lives begin?

Is Time to be questioned?
Is Fate to be changed?
Is Destiny what we're born with?
Or something that we make?

Are our lives spelled out for us?
Or do we make the choice?
And if we do,
Are we right?