The Poet

A love poem

The Poet

 

If I was a great poet

I jolt down some words

To say if I was happy or blue

Or would write of a love

That’s come into my life

Can we possibly see our way through?

 

If I was a sculptor

My hands would form the clay

Or a painter, with oils in hand

Onto the canvas an image of you would appear.

 

If I had a lot of money

I would take you where you never been

Or a poor man, would only have one thing

And that’s the company he could give.

 

We could voyage to the sun

By some uncharted course

To watch spectacular forces

Held within.

 

Or we could cross the great divide

That separates time

To look at the mirror

As to see who we are.

 

We could find out what really mattered

How to build a friendship

That could survive

By a tender caress in the cool still evening air.

 

We could watch the sun set

On the lake back home

See a million Zillion little suns

All caught in the wavelets

All disappear.

 

We could see acts of kindness

Toward each other and other folks

Make us grow stronger

And fill us out with hope.

 

Or we could find some time

For a moment or two

Just for a hug

To say I care about you.

 

If I was a great writer

I would write an epic story

About our journeys in life

Can it be?

 

Do we bring peace to each other?

Being gentle as we can

To hold, to hug to worry about on a cold night

That we make it home.

 

Do we sail the seven seas

Maps at hand, charts to tell us where we are going

To see if we can

Find what we are looking for.

 

Author's Note

If I was

Reviews

[Noir]

Very well done, love the irony of saying "if only" only to then experience the very thing through your descriptions. ^^

Love the images, the syntax, the structure, the story...

Overall, awesome poem, keep it up ^^

[LadyNaida]

This is beautiful.

[Cherry Berry]

The life of a poet... (sigh) The poet is a romantic in all the he writes. Well penned.
xox
Cherri

[Kelley]

this was a great poem and I love the lines....

"We could voyage to the sun by some uncharted course"

great line! Great write! Thanks for sharing .
Kelley