If I Were

If I were a better author,
I could write you a perfect day;
Make it all so easy,
Take all your pain away.

If I were a better poet,
I'd compose a perfect sonnet;
Make you a tall white pedestal
And place you high upon it.

If I were a better painter,
I'd create the perfect scene;
Make the world a better place
Than you have ever seen.

If I were a better sculptor,
I'd carve the perfect piece;
Realise you in shards of ice,
Leave not a mark or crease.

If I were a better hero,
I'd play the perfect saviour;
Make everything okay,
Rectify all life's failures.