[net.poems] If I Had Known

mj (12/23/82)

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pur-ee!mj    Dec 22 13:57:00 1982




			If I Had Known

	If I had know what trouble you were bearing;
	What greifs were in the silence of your face;
	I would have been more gentle, and more caring,
	And tried to give you gladness for a space.
	I would have brought more warmth into the place,
	   If I had known.

	If I had kown what thoughts despairig drew you;
	(Why do we never try to understand?)
	I would have let a little friendship to you,
	And slipped my hand within your hand,
	And made your stay more pleasant in the land,
	   If I had known.

					Mary Carolyn Davies