Larry Bradfield Poet Rhyme

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

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