If I Could

If I could hold you close for just one day, I’d feed you warmth—you’d hear me say,

…“If I could dry your eyes for just one week, I’d slow your breath—you’d hear me speak,

……’If I could see you free for just one spring, I’d lift the latch—you’d hear me sing,

………“If I could ease your fears before you die, I’d light your life—you’d hear me cry,

…………’If I could travel back ’til I was born, I’d mend my ways—instead, I mourn,

……………“If I could unmake mistakes, your birth safekeep, I’d trade my own—instead, I weep,

………………’If I could stopper now this trail we leave, there’d be no blood—instead, I grieve,

…………………“If I could force all our past selves to see, no greater wakening wail there’d be.” ’ ” ’ ” ’ ”