Before the Storm

If only I

Had caught the hand

That tore the shroud

And split the wand

To scatter pain

Across the land...

 

If only You

Had pulled the thorn

Of all my dearth

From in me born,

Or stripped your pride

Before the storm...

 

If only we

If only we

Had loved enough

To halt and see;

If only we...

 

David Lewis Paget