If...

If I had called your name
Before that door swung shut
Would you have heard me?
Would you have stopped;
Turned;
And come back to me?

If I had said "I'm sorry"
Before you touched that doorknob
Would you have believed me?
Would you have hugged me,
Tears in your eyes
Apologizing too?

If I had told you I loved you
Before I said anything else,
Would I still be miserable?
Sitting here all alone,
Wishing I had said
Something else?

21 December 2001