Still There

You still remember that path not taken.
In your head, you’re still there.
The life you have wouldn’t exist if you had taken that way, so it’s not bad.
And yet, it’s sad, because in your head, you’re scared to ask:
Are you still there?

That’s a bittersweet story that everyone knows.
Bittersweetness should sound like a memory, like the late ’80s, like dreampop vibrating guitars, and shoegaze murmured melodies playing in the back of your head while life goes on.