Replay by Austin

if I'd been expecting it
would I have been suave
or just as choked and nervous?
if I could meet you all over again
for the first time
and know all the things I hadn't.
if only
a stage to play through memories.
like your favorite book
or an old, beloved film.
you would see everything underneath - all making sense
and losing no beauty.
what fun it would be to watch it all play out
smile knowing all the secrets
reciting all the lines
changing nothing.
it's not about the ending
it's how the story's told.