{"id":3703,"date":"2022-11-26T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?p=3703"},"modified":"2022-12-11T02:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T07:10:34","slug":"if-i-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?p=3703","title":{"rendered":"If I Could *"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:135px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><em>If I Could<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/if-i-could.m4a\" autoplay><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Audio Version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"287\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?attachment_id=3045\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-3-3832375737-e1675887120906.jpg?fit=1496%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1496,419\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Single Scroll\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-3-3832375737-e1675887120906.jpg?fit=1024%2C287&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3045\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>If I could take you back again<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>What would I give? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>The years of watching you go<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Were like slow relentless steps<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>On the road to present ruin. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>No way to anticipate the path<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>That lead us to this point<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Of cold indifference. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Hand-in-hand we set out  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>On a voyage paved with promise,  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Defying dire, whispered warnings, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Heads in the clouds, hearts on the wing. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>We were the Golden ones, the Silver ones. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Nothing would stand in our way, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Blind in our defiance <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>That gave the appearance <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Of indifference, of uncaring. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>But I cared. I cared a lot<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>And wept to see it fade. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>So, what would I give? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>A hand? An arm? My soul? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>All this and all that I have<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>To take you back again.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3eeaf594e2737b5f11578ec106f1910a wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\">Click here to return Home<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I Could If I could take you back again What would I give? The years of watching you go Were like slow relentless steps On the road to present ruin. No way to anticipate the path That lead us to this point Of cold indifference. 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