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If I Could

IF I COULD If I could move a mountain By shrinking it to a stone Then I could make you love me And not be here alone. If I could walk on water Or make the sky my home Then I would make you love me And not be here alone. If I could paint a masterpiece Or write the perfect poem Then you couldn’t help but love me. I don’t want to be alone. If I could reveal the darkest secrets And banish all the unknowns I’d find the reason you don’t love me And never again be alone.

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Lewis Raynes

Date: 12/30/2016 2:59:00 PM

The things we do to make someone love .... Impossibles. Great poem.

Darren White

Date: 11/29/2016 8:37:00 AM

This is so beautiful...sigh... And @Chris? Men cry ;p I certainly do that a lot. Like now, it's an emotional poem.

Francis J Grasso

Date: 11/13/2016 11:34:00 AM

Beautifully written! Congratulations, Phil! ...Fran

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/12/2016 8:21:00 PM

I love the idea of turning a mountain into a stone! Congrats, Phil!

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 11/12/2016 7:26:00 PM

Oh... I enjoyed reading this poem.I felt I was engrossed reading your poetry.I like the way the words flow.

Hansteven Selfa

Date: 11/12/2016 12:12:00 PM

Congratulations Phil! I am so proud of you. You have accomplished a lot. I look forward to seeing even more blessings come to you in the future. - Hans

Phil Capitano
Date: 11/12/2016 2:54:00 PM

Such kind words, I thank you.

Rick Parise

Date: 11/11/2016 9:37:00 PM

Deep Deep - Leaves one in lingering thought. Very Nice /// Congrats!!!

John Hamilton

Date: 11/11/2016 4:28:00 PM

Great write Phil so sad but oh so good. Captures the forever question why but alas we are left with no answer! Sometimes love hurts, but the absence hurts more. A7

Phil Capitano
Date: 11/12/2016 2:53:00 PM

Thanks so much. There is no answer because love is the disease and the cure. Namaste.

James Inman

Date: 11/10/2016 6:30:00 AM

A wonderful poem Phil. I feel your longing. Interesting that the forms are the same in our poems as well.

Tatianna Leachet

Date: 11/8/2016 10:29:00 PM

So deep and so full of emotion. Sometimes I wish that "I could reveal the darkest secrets and banish all the unknowns"... but, sadly, I cannot....

Phil Capitano
Date: 11/9/2016 3:52:00 AM

TY Tat, sometimes revealing those dark secrets is a Pandora's box but loneliness is also a force to be reckoned with.

Chris Green

Date: 10/19/2016 11:27:00 AM

Damn Phil, men aren't supposed to cry but...This poem says it all and I wish I had written this. If only seems to be the catch phrase for the lonely, which it seems I am a charter member. Thanks for sharing this today, this is a killer poem. Top of the charts good.

Phil Capitano
Date: 10/19/2016 11:37:00 AM

Thanks Chris but if you are a charter member, I am the founder of the club, lol. Seriously, though, I think male poets like us can show our inner emotions without feeling weak; never be afraid to say how you feel. Namaste.