Friday, March 18, 2016

If I knew how

If I knew how to ask the ocean
For a drop of a single wave
I'd never thirst again
And if I could ask the stars
For the light for a single day
My days would never end

If I could form the words
And their sounds reach the mark
I'd be compelled to speak
And if they might happen to be heard
For me just this once
I'd surely reach my peak

   If I could change the world
   Then your world would change too
   So if I'd change the world,
   I'd change you
   So if my words of change
   Could ever find their mark
   Then I'd be sitting here,
   all alone, lost in the dark

If I could stop the hands of time
That make time tick away
I'd live right here forever
And if I could never blink
You'd never slip away
And you'd leave me never

And if I could see your dreams
Clearer than my own
I'd make them all come true
And if I could know your heart
And speak to it every poem
Then it would come along with you

   If I could do all I say
   And give you everything
   it would be all your dreams
   I'd be taking

   So if I changed the world
   Then your world would change too
   And if I'd change the world
   I'd change you

   And if my words of change
   Could ever find their mark
   Then I'd be sitting here
   All alone, lost in the dark