Sometimes I Wish

                           Sometimes, I wish I I'd known you then

          Back when we were young and full of vigor

                          And had no good way to spend it

          We would have climbed mountains

                          You and I

 

                           Sometimes, I wish you'd been there

          To share my joy when I accomplished something

                           To share my sorrow and catch me when I fell

          I would have caught you, too, you know

                           Yes, you

 

                           Often, I wish I'd known you for years

          For years with you I think will come to be

                           The happiest years I've known

          And I know it's okay to admit that

                           To you

 

                           Yet,deep down, I'm glad you weren't there

          When I think of the ways in which I've grown

                           For often loves of youth fall apart

          Leaving a path of destruction, and I

                           Made my own

 

                           Yes, I am happy to have passed that time

         Without you, much as I love you now

                           For I learned to be myself in those days

         Before I knew how wonderful it is

                           To have you

 

                           Though I certainly hope, love, to never ever

          Pass a span of time without you again

                           For I need you now, with heart and soul

          And maybe, a part of you has always been with me

                          And a bit of me with you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Susan S.]

This poem spoke strongly to me because my sister Constance spoke similar words to me not too long ago. We grew up in a house so full of kids that it was hard to get to know one another. Now, decades later we've begun to get to know each other. Had we just known, we would have climbed mountains together.

I can see the sentiment from the point of view of a current love as well. The two men I've loved in my life I would have given everything I owned to have known them in their youth.

Well written, Constance.

[shinybluestars03]

Great poem
Alas it is great to have someone
special in the present so you can share the
future with them in the now.
Thanks for sharing

Best wishes and hope continue
spending your days with that person.