If I Were Able

I I were able,

I would be svelte

or at least fashionable.

If I could do this

with willpower,

I'd have done it,

written the book
and told the world

how to succeed.

If I could have,

I would have,
freed from shame,
released from guilt.

But I couldn't.

I can't. But fortunately

I don't need to.

I received it all
as a gift for the taking.