Writing Prompt
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POEM STARTER
Inspired by Daniel HJ
If Only...
Write a poem which starts or ends with "If only".
Writings
If only you knew
the war I’ve been fighting.
If only you knew
the pain I’ve been writing.
Starting the war,
my hands started shaking,
I looked at the enemy,
and my heart started breaking.
Bombs exploded
everywhere but my heart.
It was the enemy,
who himself broke it apart.
The shooting didn’t cease
but didn’t hurt any soldiers.
The enemy held his head high,
and walked with human boulders.
With...
[this is two prompts, actually, so that’s why it’s so weird *and bad*]
If only an open wound
could seal, could close.
But, instead, it remains open,
and keeps you on your toes.
It’s not a punch,
but it blasts with pain
as if it were one.
And it makes you strain
for a day without it.
An open wound is a song,
not a good one; screechy;
uninspired; off-beat
and expects you to act ‘peachy.’
‘Life i...
If only I could turn back time,
Rewrite the chapters, change the rhyme,
Erase the moments filled with sorrow,
Carve a path to a brighter tomorrow.
If only words could mend the heart,
Bridge the distance, not drift apart,
We'd weave together dreams unspoken,
Mend the bonds that once were broken.
If only stars could guide my way,
Illuminate the night, turn dusk to day,
I'd find the strength to kee...
If only
Time were nothing
What if
It wasn’t something from which people are running
Something irrelevant
And unneeded
What if by time
We could not be defeated
Imagine if time was only a means
With which to track our days
Maybe that’s even unncecassary
And we’ll find different ways
If only time were nothing
Perhaps in another place
Suppose it didn’t exist at all
Not pertinent would be...
If only things were different.
In another life, it would be.
Maybe in an alternate universe, you and I wouldn't be this tragic story that we are now.
Maybe I wouldn't be staring up at your body, dangling from that wooden cross.
In another life, we'd be together.
Maybe I could wake up next to you every morning, peppering kisses all over your face.
Maybe I wouldn't be praying to a god I don'...
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
If only I was their normal,
If only I didn’t have anxiety.
There would be tons of people
in my life, a large variety.
But the clock keeps ticking.
My time is running out.
Don’t talk to me,
I’m scared I’ll shout.
Don’t treat me like
the monster we both know I am.
Don’t continue to
talk to this scared little lamb.
I’m ...
If only I could rewind time to when I was young , A time were I sung till my lung gave out . Where crime was so little and far to come by . A time where we fly on holiday and spend time living not always giving happiness , But smiles aren’t a present you give to receive . A place were struggle were none existent a time so carefree a place that we wished we could stay and live our life away .
If I...
I knew these days would come.
Oh, if only they didn’t have to.
If only I could shelter you from the dark, cruel nights.
If only I could hold you and guide you, as your beacon of light.
If only a problem shared was in fact a problem solved.
It’s a crying shame, what we become when we aren’t absolved.
If only there was a remedy for this kind of pain,
If only we could do it all again.
...
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