If I Could Poem by Edwina Reizer

If I could make the time stand still
I'd stop all clocks, stop every minute.
I'd step into the void and live within it.

I'd find a way to keep all I love
from drifting away into a future unknown,
halt them from leaving me alone.

There'd be no wondering anymore
and my mind would never ever go through
the pain that comes from losing you.

For I would hold you a prisoner
within a cage I'd place you in.
Then I'd step into that cage and we'd begin

all over again and find a way
to trace our steps one by one
back to the time when we were young.

But I can't make the time just stop
and I can't stop the clock that will tick.
And I can't imprison you in a cage.
All I can do is slowly age.