And If

If I hadn't met her that night at the pub

and if we hadn't hit it off

and if we hadn't seen each other a lot

and if we hadn't moved to Brighton together

and if we hadn't got a flat 

and if we hadn't settled down

and if we hadn't got married 

and if we hadn't had a child

and if we didn't hit a rocky patch

and if it hadn't all become too much for us

and if we hadn't decided to move back to Devon

and if we hadn't decided to live at her parents place 

and if all that hadn't eventually split us up

and if I hadn't moved back to Exeter into the flat at Dads place

and if I hadn't found myself on a course with a job attached and some training

and if that job wasn't in Axminster

meaning I had to catch a train most mornings 

and if the station I caught it hadn't been Central Station, Exeter

and if the train hadn't been the 8am one

and if I hadn't chosen to sit on that particular bench

and if someone else had to catch that particular train

and if I hadn't got on with this certain someone 

and if I hadn't got to like her

and if I hadn't looked forward to seeing her most mornings 

and if I hadn't seen that same person one day in my local shop

and if that person hadn't lived four doors down from me

and if we hadn't got on so well

and if we hadn't moved in together

and if we hadn't have ridden the lumps and bumps of life

and if we hadn't decided to get married

and if we hadn't decided to buy a house

and if we hadn't decided to have a child

and if we hadn't decided move out to a village in East Devon

and if we hadn't had the twins

and if we hadn't worked so hard to keep it going to put food on the table

and if we hadn't had the support of each other and the love and the bond we found...

and if just one of these things hadn't happened 

we wouldn't have been together for over 33 years

and I wouldn't be the person you see today!