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 – Колёса по рельсам гудели
- The Sergeant’s Weddin’ by Rudyard Kipling
- I have outlived my own desires by Alexander Pushkin (Pouchkine)
- My Father’s Hats by Mark Irwin
- The Kiss: A Dialogue by Robert Herrick
- Владимир Британишский – Памятник
- Владимир Высоцкий – И в Дубне, и на Таганке что-то ставят, что-то строят
- Robert Burns: Lines On The Commemoration Of Rodney’s Victory:
- Василий Жуковский – Суд Божий над епископом
- Far Out by Philip Larkin
- The Soul’s Prayer by Sarojini Naidu
- Silver by Walter de la Mare
- Crab by Sharon Olds
- Владимир Корнилов – Неподвижность
- The Municipal Gallery Revisited by William Butler Yeats
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).
