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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.

Copyright © Phil Capitano | Year Posted 2016

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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. Login to Reply

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. Login to Reply

Francis J Grasso Date: 11/13/2016 11:34:00 AM Beautifully written! Congratulations, Phil! ...Fran Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 11/12/2016 8:21:00 PM I love the idea of turning a mountain into a stone! Congrats, Phil! Login to Reply

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. Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply Phil Capitano Date: 11/12/2016 2:54:00 PM Such kind words, I thank you.

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 Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply

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.... Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply 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.