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!
