If Only Is - Dear Reader

New leaf on a tumtum tree

Shining green translucency so tiny

This leaf owed a dark cliché

That all my possibilities are fading

You can’t afford to linger long

«If only» is the bitterest song

You can’t go back, you must go on

«If only» is the bitterest song

You and I hiked up a hill

Feel the forest stretch their backs below us

It was then the Earth stood still

And every surface raised its voice in chorus

You can’t afford to linger long

«If only» is the bitterest song

You can’t go back;

you must go on

«If only» is the bitterest song

You will need a paddle

To break against the side

Out onto the water

You will float

You will glide