If Poem by Danny Ballan

If you can walk through the ranks of men
Stretch their lives to a fatal loose end,
If you can talk in the world's deepest den-
Some words that no one else can comprehend,
If you can charm those who have truly sworn
The oath of youth has gone way beyond reach,
If you can freeze in wars soldiers being torn
And foes again for another cause has each,
Yet you still your bower have kept intact;
Men still kill for you, but respect you like a fact,

If you can hold the world at a mad trance,
But inside you mingle with your common sense,
If you can loosen the horses all in one big wild dance,
Yet still the doors are closed with a sturdy high fence,
If you can order the kill of a hundred knights
With a word to your loyal charming prince,
Yet you teach the mad dog about their rights
And on a sane leash you've kept him ever since,
If you possess all the power there is in the world,
Yet you know your winter story will be proudly told,

If you can look at the future and see what's beyond;
Another day life needs you to give life to the dead,
If you can look clearly and see those of you are so fond,
Grab the dearest, the one to whom you'll eternally wed,
If you do not have the heart in the big display shelf stand
Waiting for the dream of the worthy that never comes,
To watch your bounty day by day finding less and less demand
Until your face yourself in the false mirror of youth no more stuns,
If you realize that the worthy is the work of your own making
A man who holds you tight when all the world around is shaking,

Yours shall be the earth and all land sky ground soil and water;
You'll be a lady worth being cherished; a true woman my daughter.