If I could turn back the clock
and revisit that day.
Things would be different.
I would know the right words to say.
I would have listened more
and talked less.
I would have given you hope
and not make everything a jest.
I would have noticed your love
in the small things you did.
I would have seen your sadness
and the feelings you hid.
I would have hugged you more
and treasured every moment spent.
I should have realised our time together was only lent.
If I could turn back the clock,
It would be a glorious thing.
But you are long gone
and all I have left is your ring.
Verse: Sandra Kavanagh (c) .
Painting: Woman with clock by Leah Larisa Bunshaft Dizlarka (c) .
line 8: I think 'made', not 'make'. 4th stanza: I think you purposely used 3 lines, not 4. I approve of that! ! ! Very nice. bri ;)
Nice and good hope to be back to the happiest past; lovely poem penned; great to read
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Excellent poem. Good use of the clock metaphor
I looked up the meanings of 'metaphor'. I guess 'turn back the clock' could quality as one. I'm not well-versed in what is and is not a metaphor or other type of symbolism. ;)
see my comment re metaphors