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IF

Joe McLaughlin

IF

If I lied to a liar,
Would it be a sin?
If I denied there was a heaven,
Could I still get in?

Would there be a future,
If I put an end to my pain?
Could it even make a difference
Would there be any gain?

If my heart is broken,
Is there still a way to live?
Is there a way to continue,
When I have nothing left to give?

If she understood how much I loved her,
Could she change her ways?
Could she love only me forever,
For all the rest of our days?

Joe McLaughlin
03/22/02

About this poem

About a month after ending the near fatal relationship, I was still very early in recovery and still questioning myself if I had done the right thing and if there could still be a chance to salvage the relationship.

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Written on March 22, 2002

Submitted by JoseCanUC on September 17, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB ADXD CXXX AEAE CX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 479
Words 122
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
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Joe McLaughlin

Raised on a small farm outside of a small town in Texas, I was no stranger to work. It is this work ethic that has propelled my professional success but there is this other side of me. The side that deeply thinks about things. The side with an imagination and a desire to use my hands for more than just brute physical labor. more…

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