If Only



If only I could speak the words that a soul's heart has written
If only I obtained the eloquence of an educated mind
composes on a single heart-felt page
I would recite the world's most loving poem
until tears are torn from your beautiful face.

If only I could capture the songs
of a thousand sparrows in undying love
and if only I could dance as a moonlight fairy
I would enchant you with a thousand love spells
until your heart forgets the cruelties of mankind.

If only I were an angel with wings of the most purest light
I would fly you with the grace of God to the Heavens
I would love you until we merge as one
and our single soul glows as a star on the celestial plane.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXXX XXXXB XXAX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 662
Words 132
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 4

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