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IF
I could live just one more day
To breathe in all around me
To see the beauty in your face
The love you tried to give me
To hear the music of your heart
That lit the world around it
To feel your hand curled soft in mine
Just to know you found me.
IF
You would come again
To heal the pain inside me
To let me know I am forgiven
To soothe regrets that stab me
The fragments remain so fragile
But you have gone and left me
To remember - alone
To wish for one more moment
Once more and once again
Looking to you to save me.
How did you love this liar
So full of self
Of recrimination?
IF
Only the heart could heal itself
But of all the parts – it doesn’t
Not really
It can’t – so grows the tender green
That yields so much
Too late.
The shadow of thoughts surround me
The moments past
The moments gone
The moments lost
Forever
Weigh heavy
Undone and Done
Not gone – not ever!
IF
Going back were possible
To appreciate you – perfect
To love you before myself
To let you know and show it
Would I change?
The second chance
To Sieze it?
Or
As before – just let it slip
Into the wasted nether?
IF
Only we could understand
Forever – is not forever
Not here
Not upon the Earth
So short our terminal knowledge.
Past lives – dark eyes
Forget each incarnation
Repeating – to repeat
The same mistakes.
Damnation!
20/20 - unforgiving.
Unforgiven!
IF
Copyright © Lyn Murray | Year Posted 2015
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