If Only
by Mary Etta Metcalf
dreams flow through my head of days past
when youth could do no wrong…life wadreams s good
the freedom felt…the acts performed…were they wrong
how different life would have been…if only i had known
actions perceived…ideas run rampant…mind speeding on
falling into the trap only life seemed to know about
continuing on as if nothing was wrong…nothing at all
how different life would have been…if only i had known
things omitted in childhood…youth in the dark
as life raced forward as a speeding train out of control
and i asked…is there no end…where is the light
how different life would have been…if only i had known
i tried to put the breaks on…it broke in my hands
i cried at the fear that rose within me
groping my way through life…crying…what is going on
how different life would have been…if only i had known
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Федор Сологуб – Лихо
- Whose beer is that? A Poem about Beer.
- Омар Хайям – Когда фиалки льют благоуханье
- In The Train by Sara Teasdale
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 44. She Is Far From the Land. Томас Мур.
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Чувство
- The Ghost by Walter de la Mare
- Sonnet 15 poem – John Milton poems
- The Coo Of The Cushat
- Константин Бальмонт – Мы шли в золотистом тумане
- WARMING UP by Satish Verma
- For The Anniversary Of My Death by W. S. Merwin
- At The Gate Of The Convent poem – Alfred Austin
- Шекспир – Мой глаз гравером стал – Сонет 24
- Hunting Song by William Somervile
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