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
- A Jog-Trot Pair by Thomas Hardy
- The Incurious Bencher by William Somervile
- Анатолий Жигулин – Дорога
- Sonnet 83: I never saw that you did painting need by William Shakespeare
- Is Life Worth Living? poem – Alfred Austin
- Music by Walter de la Mare
- Oh You Are Coming by Sara Teasdale
- A Poem about Sauerkraut
- Владимир Корнилов – Вязальщица
- Places and Men by William Allingham
- Николай Языков – Баян к русскому воину
- Adieu to Belshanny by William Allingham
- The Narrative by Talha Jafri
- Meaning of silence-ness.
- dear owl, forlorn like King Lear by Raj Arumugam
Some external links:
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).
