Tuesday, February 7, 2012

If Only

by Virginia Earl
 

If only you knew

How many times

Your words flew

Like arrows piercing my heart

Instead of shooting stars

Filled with eternal wishes

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If only you knew

How many times

My heart bled with tears

Filled with fears


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If only you knew

How many times

I wished you were the wind

That wiped lingering tears


And fears

And gently whispered 

Sweet nothings 

Of things to come


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If only you knew

How many times

I wished you were

A warm breeze

That appeased

With each breeze

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If only you knew

How many times

I wished for warm


Spring flowers

Instead of cold


Autumn showers

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If only you knew

How many times

My heart wondered

It is no wonder

We are asunder

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If only you knew

How many times

I sat alone

Wishing for gentleness

But instead daftness

Tinted by your madness

Knocked at my door

Until I said no more 


This is madness