Edwin Hofert Poet Rhyme

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If I Could Only Have Tomorrow

If I Could Only Have Tomorrow

I've loved you for so long now
I've loved you from afar.
Nights I've prayed to have you.
I've even wished upon a star.

Nothing's gotten me closer
like I hoped to be to you.
I could dream forever
and not see one dream come true.

And so I come before you
and I get down on one knee.
And ask if there might be a way
you'd do one thing for me.

One day to last my lifetime
an ending to my sorrow.
Let me be with you tonight
and let me have tomorrow.

Let me look into your eyes
as the sun begins to shine.
Let me if for a moment
just pretend your mine.

It's not about the love we'll make
or the joy I hope you find.
I've loved you for forever
already in my mind.

If only I can have tomorrow
just to see you in the dawn.
I swear to you if you want me to
by nightfall I'll be gone.

Then though I be forgotten
and you can't recall my name.
No longer sad and lonely
I'll still love you just the same.

Living in the memory
I'd beg or steal or borrow.
Enslaving me and saving me
if I could only have tomorrow.

Edwin C Hofert

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Judy Konos April 22, 2015 at 3:59 PM Edwin, I think you may have lost your mind to another who has managed to slither inside your body and totally consume you pen and heart. Whoever they are, I hope they like long bus trips and don't derive credit for writing something far too beautiful for words or photographs to describe....I'm proud of you! Edwin Hofert April 22, 2015 at 4:03 PM Hmmm. Interesting that you would choose those four words. (I'm proud of you) I never seem to see that coming. It means more to me than you can imagine.

Charmaine Chircop April 20, 2015 at 4:33 PM So so beautiful! Edwin Hofert April 20, 2015 at 4:47 PM Thank you Charmaine very much! God bless! :)

Jan Allison April 20, 2015 at 11:27 AM Edwin such a beautiful beautiful write it is such a romantic dream it sent a shiver down my spine - such beautiful imagery and rhyme:-) Hugs Jan xx 7 and faves xx Jan Allison April 20, 2015 at 2:18 PM aww Edwin I adore reading your poems:-) Hugs Jan xx Edwin Hofert April 20, 2015 at 2:15 PM Thank you Jan!! :) So very much. You are such a beacon of inspiration to me. God bless.