And if I never met you.

 

And if I never met you

I wonder, would this day still wrap around me

In a thousand shades of grey?

Perhaps the tender raindrops 

Would never have had a reason to settle in this place.

 

And if I never met you

I guess I’d still believe the world was cruel

I’d see shadows instead of rainbows

Or suffocate in clouds

As they smothered skies of blue.

 

And if I’d never met you

I wouldn’t know my heart

I wouldn’t know that friendship

Survives even when we part.

 

And if I’d never met you

If I had never known your name

If I’d never felt a stranger's love

I don’t think I’d ever be the same.

 

If the price of you is pain

If the gift of you must cost

I’d pay to feel my heart break—

Time and time again. 

Clare Kinnaird, 2025.