Are you sure you want to quit?

If Only Life Were Simple As A Game

“Are you sure you want to quit?”
It turns out that you happen to see this text pop up only when you are about to stop playing a game.

I wonder if it popped
When seventeen-year-old Raj stepped off the chair that kept his breath from coming to a halt
When Kaya gulped an entire box of sleeping pills?
And when thirteen-year-old terrified Sarah jumped off the terrace?

If only those seven words had appeared
Raj could have taken the shot that his football team needed to win the final match
Kaya could have found out that her father had already bought her favorite dress for her birthday the next month
And Sarah could’ve seen her poems being admired around the world

All they needed was a second thought
Had there been someone who
Made them aware of the little waves joys that were on their way
In the seemingly unending sea of sorrow,
Maybe they would’ve changed their mind
Maybe they wouldn’t have quit so soon.