If you’d stayed three days longer
Maybe things wouldn’t be this way.
If you’d stayed four days kinder
Maybe I wouldn’t feel betrayed.
If you’d stayed five days stronger
Maybe I wouldn’t be so fragile.
If you’d stayed six days further
Maybe life wouldn’t be such a battle.
If you’d stayed seven days closer
Maybe I wouldn’t want to leave.
If you’d stayed eight days attentive
Maybe you’d hear me now.
Porcelain Prose 