YOU ARE IF
 

You are who I could be, had my mother loved me

You are who I could be had I not lost three babies 

You are who I could be had I not learned of child abuse 

You are who I could be had I not worked in animal shelters

You are who I could be had I not been ill for decades

You are who I could be if I could believe in gods 

You are who I could be if I didn't wear yard sale clothes

You are who I could be if I could sing 

You are who I could be if I could balance on heels 

You are who I could be if I had music software 

You are who I could be if I had alabaster skin 

You are who I could be if laughing weren't about pain 

You are who I could be if I could sleep through one night 

You are who I could be if I could nap

You are who I could be if one wound ever healed 

You are who I could be if my eyes twinkled just so 

I am who you could be, if you could write bad poems

Copyright Julianza K. Shavin 2008