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Rueful and inspirational poetry

A selection of poems for those times when you long for something, whether that is a chance or opportunity you missed, or whether it's something you hope for in your future.

 
 
The words i didn't say
 
i shouldn't have ignored you,
i should have seen a sign,
i wouldn't have yelled at you
i would've taken the time,
i couldn't have known,
yet i could have asked.

if only i had looked at you
and seen the pain in there,
if only i had taken a moment,
a tiny shard of time to look
perhaps you would have trusted me,
perhaps i could have shown you.

four tiny words i should have said
four tiny words which might have helped
four tiny words which are tearing me apart.
i care about you.
 
Dreams
 
Once i had dreams.
but now i have only memories,
the days of my life flew by in nanoseconds
silently my dreams escaped me
off into the world of lost reality.

Yet those dreams were not right for me,
clearly they were never really meant to be.
for life and the angels whisked me away
and made my life what it is today.

Who am i to argue?
Why should i be sad?
for life will always have it's way
and make things right at last.

Life is the catalyst in our dreams
hastening the things that we should be
nothing can change lifes plan,
not you, not us, not me.

 
Full of emptiness
 
how do you describe this feeling?
how do u mourn for something you never had?
what do you you do when life has no meaning
and everything feels so stupidly bad.

dreaming was happy yet reality sucks
somehow it's like life gives a kick in the guts
and nothing thats after is ever so good
as the things that you never even had.

that one little moment wherein you fall apart
and every single thing you do breaks you heart.
you look at the sky and wish away the sun
and long for the things you wish you had done.

all at once it's like you lost everything,
how can you lose something that wasn't even there?
yet it feels so real to you, like suddenly your full of it
full of the something that doesnt exist.

how can you mourn? how can you cry?
where do u get the energy to try?
when everything you've wished has gone
vanised and left you there all alone.
 
 
To the son who isn't mine
 
20 minutes up the road.
a few little miles that i cannot go.
for babe i dont know where you are
all i know is no place is too far.
nothing could keep me away
not if you needed my help,
nothing could break me away


deep inside it's killing me,
i wish i knew what u need
knew how to save you
what i should be.
i know your lost in your problems
scared and alone,
but theres always a way,
this isnt that way.

i know things are hard for you
things dont make sense
i wish i could help you
make it less intense
i'll always be here
to listen and love you
to help and shout
and hug and argue,
at the end of the day
i'll always be here to love you.

i know i'm not your mother,
that i can never be,
but i can always listen
and help you to break free.
i understand it's hard mate,
nobody wants to hear,
but like i said this afternoon
i'll help you if i can.

Let love cross the divide
 
deep down inside of me
deeper than i care to hide
that is where the feelings flow
hidden in the place no one goes.
but i love you so much
i cannot bear to hide
i will cross the divide.

though prejudice ain't on our side
i don't see why we should hide
this love that we're both in
we can overcome anything.
i cannot bear to hide
i will cross the divide.

nothing can reak us up
prejudice don't count for much
let them have their views
it means nothing to me or you
for i cannot bear to hide
let them build their divide
we will cross the divide.

yup, you're still here.