Whatif by Shel Silverstein

Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I'm dumb in
school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming
pool?
Whatif I get beat
up?
Whatif there's poison in my
cup?
Whatif I start to
cry?
Whatif I get sick and
die?
Whatif I flunk that
test?
Whatif green hair grows on my
chest?
Whatif nobody likes
me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes
me?
Whatif I don't grow
talle?
Whatif my head starts getting
smaller?
Whatif the fish won't
bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my
kite?
Whatif they start a
war?
Whatif my parents get
divorced?
Whatif the bus is
late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in
straight?
Whatif I tear my
pants?
Whatif I never learn to
dance?

Everything seems well, and then
the nighttime Whatifs strike again!