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
- Epistle to Dr. Blacklock by Robert Burns
- Нина Воронель – Предчувствие погрома
- For The Country by Philip Levine
- Love Sonnet XXI poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Song—Beware o’ Bonie Ann by Robert Burns
- Since We Must Die poem – Alfred Austin
- Robert Burns: Rantin’, Rovin’ Robin:
- The Past is the Present by Marianne Moore
- A Gogyohka and the Forgotten Panopticon
- Robert Burns: Complimentary Epigram On Maria Riddell:
- The New World by Philip Levine
- Аля Кудряшева – Молитва
- Владимир Бенедиктов – К точкам
- Bermudas poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- My Child Wafts Peace by Yehuda Amichai
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
