If This Book
If this book was longer
Might I be redeemed?
If this book had been stronger
Would I have come apart at the seams?
If this book was straighter
Maybe I'd have been true
And if this book was a romance
I would have spent more time with you
If this book had been 'Humour'
Maybe I'd have been amused
If this book had been 'Self-Help'
I might have been less confused
If this book had been bolder
I might not have lived in fear
And if this book had been honest
I might have made myself clear
And if this book had sails
I would haul them high
Raise the anchor
Take the helm
And chart a course from this safe harbour
And out on the ocean I would write songs
As the stars unlock the memory
Of the light upon the church wall
As the spring storm is about to break
And I would never set to shore
If this book had been a pine tree
I would have stood tall and strong
Had this book had the answers
Then less might have gone wrong
If this book was ‘Fiction’
I might have been satisfied
And if this book had taken risks
I might have been dignified