If To Be Poem by Barry Middleton

If To Be



to only be
if I had an everywhere to choose

and I do
for imagination takes me there

I'd pick
the low and rolling hills of home

somewhere
in a meadow filled with flowers

a cabin
near the clear stream of my youth

wicker chairs
upon the porch and one a rocker

the view
walled in oak and beech and hickory

and there
with my memories and quiet peace

at last empty
I would write a poetry that only is

Friday, February 12, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: home,imagination,nature,poetry
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