7/23/2019 If Only Poem

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If Only

If only I had done the things

That keep true love alive,

I wouldn't have to acknowledge now

That our love cannot survive.

If only I had described to you

The joy you brought to me,

Instead of bringing you complaints,

You wouldn't have set me free.

If I had touched you, kissed you, Love,

If I had loved you stronger,

If I had appreciated you,

e would have lasted longer.

If I had often said to you,

!It's you whom I adore,!

"erhaps you'd still be with me now,

If I had told you more.

If only I had treated you

#s if we were best friends,

I wouldn't be alone in grief,

#s our faded love finally ends.

If only I didn't have to say,!If only, my love, if only,!

I wouldn't be all by myself

$o sorry, sad and lonely.

By Joanna Fuchs