only if by Finn Mott

if

is just a word

or a concept

maybe just an idea

if only i could just say

do

be

if it just was

the way

it was

meant

to

be

if i

was more than an i

a thing

that was

to be

if you

if we

if you

were you

and me

was us

if you

were not here

who would i

be

if we

were not an us but an i and you

if

only if

the sky was clear

the lights were not so bright

the music was not so hard

in my ears

if only these words

did not make me cry

if it just could be

good

if only they

were here

for me

if only i knew

what if was

if only

i was

a dancer

like you

we could dance away the pain

to the stars

far away from here

if

only if

i knew

what was so wrong

with me

only if

i could tell you

you

are not alone

Author Bio: A radically honest poet, Finn Mott, sprouts power through the touch of vulnerability. As the author of Call Me Disturbing, Finn gives agency to the repercussions of illness, love, and imperfection through an individual lens. In addition to publishing written poems, Finn is an advocate for the ripple of spoken word performance.

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