It Wouldn't Be The Same …. [history's Influence On Us As Individuals; Factors Making Us What We Are; Some Thoughts; Sort Of Short] Poem by Bri Edwards

Many things influence one's life; how profound is THAT?
And such "things", big or small, are the topics of this little ‘chat'.
Some of them influence us ….even BEFORE we've been born ….
such as who our parents are. [Can you imagine yours being goats or corn! ? ]

Some of the things I'll mention influence a relative few;
some have influenced millions of people, including ME and YOU.

What if Jimmy Durante had had a little nose?
Many of you've never heard of him, ….which is ok, I suppose.
What if Mae West had not had such a "come hither" look?
You may find both ‘J' and ‘M', in an old "American Entertainers" book.

What if people never made mistakes while writing?
Would ‘would-be-proofreaders' (for waiter jobs) be fighting.

Now here are two names I'll bet most of you have heard:
Adolf Hitler and Jesus Christ. Both followed destiny undeterred.
[well, sort of]
What if Jesus had been put to death by lethal injection?
What if Adolf had died, when a teen, of a flu infection?
Life for millions, at least, would NOT …..have been "the same".

(November 8, 2015)