Poetic-Verses
'' If ''
The man jumped into the sea on a whim,
By doing so he left himself out on a limb
Drowning wouldn't have happened to him,
IF only he had learned to swim.
When she jumped out of that aeroplane,
Onlookers remarked she was truly insane,
From using a parachute she did refrain,
IF only she could try again.
He walked in to the darkness blind,
He immediately asked the Lord to be kind,
Then he found out the field had been mined,
IF only this mission he had declined.
She tried to run faster than the speeding car,
After too much vino in her local bar,
Needless to say she never got far,
IF only she hadn't acted so bizarre.
He always ate too much fatty food,
Though he knew it wouldn't do any good,
Now over ill health he's left to brood,
IF only the warnings he had understood.
She always knew that he was mad,
She kidded herself he made her glad,
In reality she was always sad,
IF only she'd admitted he was bad.
It's a miniscule word that fills us with regret,
After every happening we use it to fret,
With tortured minds it leaves us beset,
IF only this word we could all forget?
The problem is we must face the facts,
We are not responsible for each others acts,
In reality in quantity it's meaning it lacks,
IF only we could give this word the axe.
Looking for excuses we need to stop trying,
By using this word we will end up crying,
It's to our own inner selves we are lying,
IF only does not prevent anyone dying.
This word should be crossed off everyone's list,
From even using it we should try to resist,
Yes hindsight is wonderful but it doesn't exist,
IF only disappeared it would never be missed.
This tiny word lies on the edge of a cliff,
You will find it dripping from the end of a sniff,
For now and the future it will cause many a tiff,
That word I'm referring to is of course,
' IF '
By doing so he left himself out on a limb
Drowning wouldn't have happened to him,
IF only he had learned to swim.
When she jumped out of that aeroplane,
Onlookers remarked she was truly insane,
From using a parachute she did refrain,
IF only she could try again.
He walked in to the darkness blind,
He immediately asked the Lord to be kind,
Then he found out the field had been mined,
IF only this mission he had declined.
She tried to run faster than the speeding car,
After too much vino in her local bar,
Needless to say she never got far,
IF only she hadn't acted so bizarre.
He always ate too much fatty food,
Though he knew it wouldn't do any good,
Now over ill health he's left to brood,
IF only the warnings he had understood.
She always knew that he was mad,
She kidded herself he made her glad,
In reality she was always sad,
IF only she'd admitted he was bad.
It's a miniscule word that fills us with regret,
After every happening we use it to fret,
With tortured minds it leaves us beset,
IF only this word we could all forget?
The problem is we must face the facts,
We are not responsible for each others acts,
In reality in quantity it's meaning it lacks,
IF only we could give this word the axe.
Looking for excuses we need to stop trying,
By using this word we will end up crying,
It's to our own inner selves we are lying,
IF only does not prevent anyone dying.
This word should be crossed off everyone's list,
From even using it we should try to resist,
Yes hindsight is wonderful but it doesn't exist,
IF only disappeared it would never be missed.
This tiny word lies on the edge of a cliff,
You will find it dripping from the end of a sniff,
For now and the future it will cause many a tiff,
That word I'm referring to is of course,
' IF '
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