Love Song of the Broken man

If I could turn back the hands of the clock,
Reverse the worlds melancholy tick, tock
Take back the day I met you,
and give back every word,
I would.

If I could erase you,
Like footprints on a beach
Release my mind of your burden
And escape your ice like grip,
I would.

If I could never utter your name,
now, or through history
and learn not of your existence
never feel your mark on the world,
in a heartbeat,
I would.

If I could take everything of you,
So well folded it fits in an envelope,
And place it on a shelf,
Buried under the weight of the world,
I would.

If I could tear out this conflicted heart,
And everything its known.
Destroy every trace
Every way you helped it grow
I would,
A million times, I would.