If

If only I can embrace
and keep you from being harmed by this world ...
if only my arms would be sufficient
to protect you from the blinding influences ...
If only I can do things well
and shield you from the wrongs ... ...
and pain and that the years ...

But I can not ... I'm just as human beings like you
that's why I'm here standing strong today
because I faced the battle
and was wounded but unhurt ...
But I'll be around every time you hit the ground
every why and how-could-it-BE
I'll be a shadow of a tree.

If only I had the power
to exempt you from any despair
and every anxiety and every truth ...
but then you miss out on the virtues
and the depth and courage
but they are all products of each fall to increase ...
Yes I will be around every time you touch the ground
said ... I love you ... now and forever.

September 2001