what could have been

there was time
once.
there was a place,
a moment
where things could have
been different.
a word
said.
a gesture made,
something,
something if only
you had
done things differently.
but no,
it's too late for that,
and with that said,
you move on.
you don't look back,
at least not
too often
at what could have been.