if a poem could take life's sorrows
and make you want to cry
if a poem you read tomorrow
turned around and changed your mind
would you read that poem
over and over again
would you keep said poem
held tightly in your hand

if a poem like that
could bring about the day
if that poem in fact
made you change your ways
would that weary poem
help you welcome it
would that very poem
you forever live

if a poem like an arrow
shot into your heart
if this poem took all that matters
and joined all of the parts
would that be the poem
that first made you cry
would that be the poem
that first changed your mind