if only
I could love
all of me
like I love
all of you
maybe my heart
wouldn't feel
all this sorrow
perhaps I
wouldn't see
all my failings
like some
lost tomorrow
what if
love could
find a way
to let me
love myself
maybe then
my dear love
would somehow
let me stay
without fear
of losing you
exchanging all
my tears
for true love
in some
gracious way

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