Poems ✍️

. IF ONLY

Oh, that I could speak my heart
And say the things I feel
At the moment when they’re called for,
When I know the need is real,
But somehow I am tongue-tied,
And words I want to say
Are replaced by words I do not mean;
But they come out anyway,
And tomorrow I will think of all
The things I could relate.
Again, I wish the chance would come,
But I know it is too late,
Like you, I cannot answer
Great thoughts on instant call;
Like others, I must bite my tongue
Or make no reply at all.
You say my words have feeling-
They cut true to the mark;
These words that you are reading
Were composed long after dark.
They‘re just words upon a paper-
My heart written in a poem,
From quiet moments of reflection
When the right words come along.