If Only
If only I could see you once If only I could meet with you If only I could understand
If only I could talk to you If only I could see you once… © Jennifer A. Eick-Jakiela
And store your faces in my mind
A part of my own self to see
For I gaze in the mirror, and yet I’m blind!
To talk to you would help me heal
Unlock the door of my self-doubts;
Explain the ways I think and feel.
The reasons why it could not be…
If for unknown reasons, you “gave me away”
Or if love for me cause you to set me free?
I’d have so much I’d want to say!
I’d thank you for giving a part of yourself
To those who helped form who I am today.
The people who gave me being.
I want to abandon the blinders I’ve worn
And finally focus on seeing.