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If only...

pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
edited August 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Sometimes, alone, I wonder
what could be if only...
no space, just time
and you were mine
But the oceans full of waves
and direction paves the way
Time slips away,
moves too slow
and who can wait?
I know I can
but you say no
So I cry and wait
just sleep and wake
and think what could be
if only

2003
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  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    reminds me of the fig tree in the shade of a Lincoln wall......impossible.....that it could grow there.....but against all odds, it grew.....in the shade of a Lincoln wall.....
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    I found this sad but I like it! :)

    If only... Indeed! Great title!
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • bossman3188bossman3188 Posts: 263
    surely a great title but it also reminds me of a beach with a storm approaching...

    nice poem
    there'll be time for laughin'
    there's no time to cry
    soon i will be leavin'
    look me in the eye
    no matter what's in front of me
    it's your face that i'll see
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    Originally posted by ISN
    reminds me of the fig tree in the shade of a Lincoln wall......impossible.....that it could grow there.....but against all odds, it grew.....in the shade of a Lincoln wall.....


    :) Thanks. I can't see that myself, but I like that alot.

    And thanks Being Enlightened and Bossman for the sweet replies.
  • DinghyDogDinghyDog Posts: 587
    you were the will
    and you were the way
    if there's one thing I ask
    it's whether i can stay

    for the blink of an eye
    in your heart, in your home
    for the blink of an aeon
    in your heart, in your home

    let me stay, on my behalf pray...
    make me stay, on my behalf pray...

    and i dub a star

    in the cross called "south"
    and name her after you
    we'll wander the southern sky
    and watch the world go by










    :)
    i love you
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    when every day has faded
    and time itself finds death
    when faith and hope lose meaning
    when all life and love has left

    will there be a memory
    of everything that's come to pass
    of every breath we've ever taken
    and all the things we thought would last

    will the emptiness hold echoes
    of the things that meant so much
    of the love we shared together
    of your taste, your smell, your touch

    and if the universe should die
    leaving no trace of existance
    ending what we thought was endless
    forever passing in an instant

    then what's the point in living
    if life is made to end
    and if love can't last forever
    then why do we pretend

    even if life has no meaning
    i still want to live
    and to love you for forever
    for as long as time exists
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    if the planets stop their spinning
    and the wrold goes on slow cruise
    will the heart be there for winning
    can we find the way we choose

    if you always hope and ponder
    if you always sigh and dream
    all the life that time would squander
    will be bursting at the seams
    for you

    I wish you dreams to swim in
    where your hearts can always meet
    when we're just good men and women
    we can sleep at angels' feet

    :)
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • Mr PyjamaMr Pyjama Posts: 253
    Originally posted by ISN

    I wish you dreams to swim in
    where the your hearts can always meet
    when we're just good men and women
    we can sleep at angels' feet

    :)

    This part is beautiful. :)
    Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later...
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    thank you.....I think so really.....all of us.....
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    Originally posted by ISN
    thank you.....I think so really.....all of us.....

    I have to agree with Mr Pyjama.... BEAUTIFUL


    .....hearts meet.......sleep at angels' feet....


    thank you for sharing
  • DinghyDogDinghyDog Posts: 587
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  • bossman3188bossman3188 Posts: 263
    Notice how this thread goes away from the first page to only come back because of how wonderful it is.
    there'll be time for laughin'
    there's no time to cry
    soon i will be leavin'
    look me in the eye
    no matter what's in front of me
    it's your face that i'll see
  • EstrangedEstranged Posts: 43
    Very nice Pacifier !
    "You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss." - Daniel Heinsius
  • violet rayviolet ray Posts: 502
    Originally posted by pacifier
    Sometimes, alone, I wonder
    what could be if only...
    no space, just time
    and you were mine
    But the oceans full of waves
    and direction paves the way
    Time slips away,
    moves too slow
    and who can wait?
    I know I can
    but you say no
    So I cry and wait
    just sleep and wake
    and think what could be
    if only

    2003

    :(
    You ask me to enter
    But then You make me crawl
    And I can't be holding on
    To what You got
    When all You've got is hurt
    ----
    Underneath this smile lies everything
    All my hopes and anger, pride and shame
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    what if I should end this
    before time gets its chance
    by muttering insecurities
    built of fear and ignorance

    words can’t be unspoken
    have I broken what I had?
    can we rebuild it strong enough
    to survive the next attack?



    love. it’s a battle. but it’s worth fighting for. - Shihad
  • DinghyDogDinghyDog Posts: 587
    i am at a loss for words
    yeah i don't know what to say
    but is this the price we pay
    as time becomes our scourge

    if all we had is history
    and all we need is future
    i say it is high time
    to live according to the rhyme

    and see across the ocean
    and follow our love's chime
    and walk across the waters
    and feel the wind go by
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    Originally posted by DinghyDog
    and see across the ocean
    and follow our love's chime
    and walk across the waters
    and feel the wind go by


    this reminds me of something i wrote a far while ago. I forget most of it, but it had the line....

    I would walk on water just to meet you
    close my eyes and i am there
  • DinghyDogDinghyDog Posts: 587
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  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    Originally posted by DinghyDog
    smile. :)

    I would, you know :)
  • A HitchHiker PoetA HitchHiker Poet Posts: 129
    sad,,but sad is good sometimes
    Don't need a raincoat, I'm already wet..
  • bossman3188bossman3188 Posts: 263
    i wanna bring back some of the old poems that have left this part of the message board....its been down so long i figured some should be brought back


    ~~~the classic bump~~~
    there'll be time for laughin'
    there's no time to cry
    soon i will be leavin'
    look me in the eye
    no matter what's in front of me
    it's your face that i'll see
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    I wrote this when I thought I would never have the love I needed from the man I needed and now that I have both I want to write something to express how happy I am, but for some reason inspiration never comes when I am happy. oh well, I don't mind :)
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    hey, it's okay....inspiration mostly comes when you're sad.....but when your muse is yoru friend, inspiration comes all the time......and I'm really happy for you.....I 4got all about you.....but now I remember......the long distance love.....and your beautiful poem.....I didn't read the rest of the thread last time.......I'm glad it worked out for you......:)
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    ISN wrote:
    hey, it's okay....inspiration mostly comes when you're sad.....but when your muse is yoru friend, inspiration comes all the time......and I'm really happy for you.....I 4got all about you.....but now I remember......the long distance love.....and your beautiful poem.....I didn't read the rest of the thread last time.......I'm glad it worked out for you......:)


    No I don't expect anyone to remember me :) I know my poetry is not very good. I only ever wrote as a way to express my feelings and thought. I needed a way to vent or my mind would have probably imploded years ago. I guess that's why most people write. but some of us are artist ( i include you in this category) and some of us just trying not to go insane with bottled up feelings and thoughts so desperately scrible largely non-sensical (is that a word?) stuff on scraps of paper in order just to survive our daily lives (that would be me) :) but now that I'm happy for the most part the urge bearly returns to me. and i guess when it does i'm too lazy to grab a paper and pen, so the lines are just formed and recited in my mind and fade quickly
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    you people are awesome!
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    No I don't expect anyone to remember me I know my poetry is not very good. I only ever wrote as a way to express my feelings and thought. I needed a way to vent or my mind would have probably imploded years ago. I guess that's why most people write. but some of us are artist ( i include you in this category) and some of us just trying not to go insane with bottled up feelings and thoughts so desperately scrible largely non-sensical (is that a word?) stuff on scraps of paper in order just to survive our daily lives (that would be me) but now that I'm happy for the most part the urge bearly returns to me. and i guess when it does i'm too lazy to grab a paper and pen, so the lines are just formed and recited in my mind and fade quickly

    I never expected for you to take offence, and for me to be so misunderstood.....I only meant that I forgot about you in the way that there are so many people on here, and I get them all mixed up unless they post barrels of stuff, and I hadn't got a tag on you yet, because you haven't posted a lot in this forum.....I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, I was being honest, I didn't know you'd construe it that way.......and again, I'm really glad you're happy.....and although I'm flattered, I don't think I'm an artist....and, yes, non-sensical is a word.....:D......
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    ISN wrote:
    I never expected for you to take offence, and for me to be so misunderstood.....I only meant that I forgot about you in the way that there are so many people on here, and I get them all mixed up unless they post barrels of stuff, and I hadn't got a tag on you yet, because you haven't posted a lot in this forum.....I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, I was being honest, I didn't know you'd construe it that way.......and again, I'm really glad you're happy.....and although I'm flattered, I don't think I'm an artist....and, yes, non-sensical is a word.....:D......


    Hey, no offence taken. i was worried it might be taken that way, that's why i included the smilie face. i was serious, i don't expect to be remembered. sorry for the confusion.
  • sevensinssevensins Posts: 887
    i really like this. reminds me of that nick drake song..."one of these things". keep it up:)
    http://www.myspace.com/pleasetryagain

    http://www.myspace.com/alotalotbetweenus
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    hey sevensins.....I mistook you for setaside2......for a whole week.....whyja think I was so interested in yoru posts.......(true.....but.....j/k).....anyway since I had that experience, I find you a lot more interesting than hitherto.....hehehehe.....and, indeed, you are......
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
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