My Substitute

My substitute If I was to be published then I would have no need for a wish. If I held my own book in my hands, Then that would mean that I had accomplished something. If you were able to feel my poetry, Then you would find me smiling. I would always be smiling when I met up with you; If only I could be. If I ever succeed, then please accept a thank you from me. If I never make it, then my existence will have counted for nothing. Only time will tell if I ever did anything right. With you on my side, I will at least have an eye, On my future writing; you are my reason to try. I hope one day I will be able to write something that everybody likes. Fly on a wire; dance on the moon. Sky dive into a career; parachute. Become a light up in the sky. Your name in brights; I love seeing through your mind’s eye. You see all that I could be; You believe in me like I never did. I hope I do not disappoint; All I have ever been is me. Now through rose-tinted eyes I look at life. So sad to be lost without a wife. The one thing I always wanted, I will never have… Please do not be sad. I am where I am meant to be. I may not have love, But I love poetry… It is my substitute for love and all other things. (C)2017 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.