If only

We often hear this phrase in moments of regret

If only I had been there

If only I saw the signs

If only I said this

Maybe that’s okay

To express regrets with this phrase

Perhaps that’s what we need to say

When we know why we failed to succeed

But this phrase is not always bad

It is often misunderstood

It can express empathy and sadness

It can be used for good

It can tel...

If only I had more time.

If only our souls can tear eachother apart

Just rebuild them together...

If only the tides could wash away my sins,

If only I could celebrate my wins,

Without feeling the guilt of my previous words.

Words that stab in the dark like a shard of a mirror,

That reflects the real you.

The devil hidden in your visage,

Disguised by your built up image.

If only your apologies repaired the past,

If only forgiveness was meant to last,

Without betraying their trust.

Trust you ...

If only I could fly over the moon without losing my balance.

To earthlings I am just a space cow;

Clumsy & clunky as I fall head over hooves in love with the first farmboy to milk my dignity dry.

So I set my pride aside

And let him have his way—

Cut my tongue out,

Fill my head with idyllic visions of domestic bliss.

I’ll churn butter for his toast every morning

And pick fresh berries for the j...

I could watch you forever.

Live out the rest of my days in your presence.

What a privilege and honor to behold one as beautiful as yourself.

Oceans meet forests in your eyes.

A background of stars streaming behind.

Your freckles like grains of sand on a beach.

I could never count the grains of sand.

But if you'd let me, I'd count every freckle on your body.

I am enchanted and enthralled b...

If only hearts were really worn on sleeves

Slapped on as a beating patch upon your

sexy black leather jacket

No ribs to protect it or to keep it caged

for crimes committed

Able to be poked and prodded,

but not without the perpetrator

having to look at the damage done

Pumping iron, flexing chambers...

What are the odds that a star explodes tonight?

What are the odds of the light going dark?

What are the odds of us being happy for once?

If only our street wasn’t on fire.

Or our sky flooded with broken dreams.

And maybe if our sunsets were choking for air…

grasping for their final breaths of oxygen as they cry out

“I’m sor-“

If only I wasn’t afraid.

Afraid of exploding a star so wonderful...

If only…

If only I wasn’t so obsessed,

Even with his words cutting deep in my skin,

Trailing blood as I still follow him.

I didn’t know the wounds would still hurt,

Crushing me to bits,

**_Yet why do I keep following him?

_**His bitter voice— my brain is playing tricks,

it insists it’s a sweet melody,

whispering softly in my ear,

but only shrieking upholds,

as ringing flows in my ear.

**_Yet wh...

If only I were an experienced sage

Or perhaps a powerful black mage

Words would just flow to the page

And I would totally be all the rage

But like in that ancient adage

You should know all the world’s a stage

Just break free from your mental cage

You’re ready now, it’s time to engage...

If only feelings were colors bright,

Joy would be gold, shining in light.

Sadness a blue, deep and profound,

Anger a red, loud and unbound.

Hope could be green, fresh as a spring,

Fear a gray shadow, quietly lingering.

Love would be violet, warm and divine,

While laughter would be a playful design.

If only our feelings could paint the thin air,

We’d be free and honest, devoted and fair,

A canvas...