If only - A poem

If only I could turn my heart into pictures and poems,

Only then,

Would I feel myself alive on this Earth.

If only my words would flow like music and my actions dance in silent rhythm,

Only then,

Would I call myself a man.

If only I could see the beauty in the darkness, and the light shining forth from the abyss,

Only then,

Would I know what it is to be human,

If only I could cover my soul in love and truth,

Only then,

Would I say I lived this one life well.

L. S. Thomas