If I could feel pretty just one moment –

If I could just touch you once –

If I could make you care for me –

If I could let you wipe my tears away –

If I could hold you close again –

If I could breathe your permeating scent –

If I could smile through my sadness –

If I could make you give me a part of your soul –

If I could let you help me –

If I could taste the sweetness of raindrops –

Maybe I wouldn’t be so damned.

© 1999 Sharlene Tan