What Could Be or Could Have Been

The archipelago of life
has beaches I have never seen.
They are locked in probability.
Houses that would have been
a happiness to live in.
Friends I would have adored
had I met them.
Unwritten poems and music
brought together
at some future place.
Where a ship might have gone,
cast anchor,
and down its plank I would run.
Where I would whisper,
save me.
Put me next to love.
Give me faith,
let my heart explode!