IF
IF
If I lied to a liar,
Would it be a sin?
If I denied there was a heaven,
Could I still get in?
Would there be a future,
If I put an end to my pain?
Could it even make a difference
Would there be any gain?
If my heart is broken,
Is there still a way to live?
Is there a way to continue,
When I have nothing left to give?
If she understood how much I loved her,
Could she change her ways?
Could she love only me forever,
For all the rest of our days?
Joe McLaughlin
03/22/02
About this poem
About a month after ending the near fatal relationship, I was still very early in recovery and still questioning myself if I had done the right thing and if there could still be a chance to salvage the relationship.
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Written on March 22, 2002
Submitted by JoseCanUC on September 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCB ADXD CXXX AEAE CX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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