If Only…

If only the earth

Could see our days,

Spinning to fuel

A hurting world.

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If only the earth

Could know our hope,

That those who loved

Could be enough.

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If only the earth

Could feel the pain,

Of all the hearts

Now left behind.

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If only the earth

Could hear our cries,

Our lives apart

Yet in a line.

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If only the earth

Could touch our minds,

To mend the words

That broke our hearts.

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If only the earth

Could hear our wish,

That those we need

Could always be.

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If only the earth

Could help us wait,

For those we love

And cannot keep.

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If only the earth

Could send us back,

Reverse the way

And start again.