If I Weren'T Afraid

If I weren't afraid, I'd face the huge crowd And I'd share my poetry in Times Square Adulation comes hard for those who are shy - I'd be the shiest of all who were there If I weren't afraid of the adoring crowds I'd bless the whole world with all I have written I'd tell of cowboys who've never been thrown - Ladies of whom the love bug has bitten Why, I'd share my sonnets of days of old And Rhymes of lovers alone in the shade Limericks of wee people in the bog - All that and much more, If I weren't afraid If I weren't afraid, I'd say, "I love you" I know the world loves a poet by half But, oh, my days would be done don't you see If your answer to me came forth in a laugh 9-7-2019 Contest: If I Weren't Afraid Sponsor: Line Gauthier