If only

If only I had done better

If only I had tried harder to

If only

But at times I did do better

But no-one saw

But I did it for me

So that when I was feeling that I could have done more, I remember there were times when I did

A reminder that regret is almost futile

And ‘if only’ is just two words

(Watercolour on khadi paper from a couple of weeks ago)

heron

a swift elegance

I envy the simplicity

the look

the endless legs

the heavy filght so close to the water surface