If Only, If Only Poem by Liberatore Suffoletta

Soon the star filled night will come,
with the cool moon, laughing in secret
the time will soon come
when we can have rest.
under small stones
on the bright edge of a road together,
sunrise and sunset
rain fall, and snow fall,
and the winds shall come and go.
as we rest

You are already silent,
Daylight will shine no longer into your
eager alert eyes,
Oh, if only, If only,
just once, that last day,
I had shown you, told you
Something of a love,
that was too timid to speak!

But you know me, you know...