If I’d known we had so little time left
I’d hold you tighter against my breast
If we had the chance to do it over again
I’d be better, stronger, be more your friend
The brief years now seem so few
I needed more time lost in you
Beautiful one
I miss your smile
My trembling heart
Be still a while
Hold back this cry
The memory of you lingers, it won’t let go
What I really felt, too scared to show
Too late the truth comes in full view
I was holding back my heart from you
The wasted time now haunts my mind
I needed more time your soul to find
Beautiful one
I miss your touch
My trembling heart
Don’t hurt so much
Life ends as such
Now you’re gone and all that’s real
Is a place where I no longer feel
I’ve cut it down to save myself
From pain I know I could have felt
A protection I’ve used and now regret
I need more time now to forget
Beautiful one
I miss your grace
My trembling heart
Lost in this place
This desolate waste
Author notes
Sometimes... we waste time hiding our true feelings and not telling the people that we love, how we really feel. And then, suddenly they are gone... and we are left with the lasting regret of never telling them the truth!
In a list
A contest entry
- Shoulda Woulda Coulda & Regrets in general by knickerdew.
1250 points, ended January 27, 30 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Oh wow, this is SOOO beautiful. You said it all and I understand it. I truly think you;ve just spoken for my heart. Good poem with a well written touch- honest and sweet, but with some edge that only comes from love itself which you portrayed.
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Beautiful write,reminded of the time I lost my mother,and the things I should have said to her when alive,we should all take time and show love to the ones around us,thank you so much for sharing,this really pulled at my heart strings.
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Thank you for such a lovely comment!
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A mistake we all do I guess... something to keep in mind and live by.....
The pain in this piece is haunting, it sings like a sad song to me with the smooth flow giving it a nice rhythm yet lingering sad lyrics to it... congrats on the trophy, it's definitely deserved.
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This is hauntingly beautiful! It is so very true...we do this all too often! Lovely poem Sis!
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Wow.. thanks sis for finding this one and commenting!
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This is really good. I liked how you rhymed it, and how you were talking to the person. I'm sorry for your loss. That's why my last words are always be I love you to someone. Congrats on the bronze!
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Thank you for your comments sweetheart
That's is a very wise way to be...
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Wow
This is amazing I liked it it expressed the love of the one that was taken too early. I wish you all the best in the comp, and hope to read more works of yours soon. Thankyou for entering
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Another beautifully penned poem sweet. Such sorrow from losing a loved one. Thank you for sharing this sad
piece. Well deserving of gold must nicely done with the bronze.
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Aww thanks sweets... between you and me, it was supposed to be gold but Nicole pressed judge instead of re-order HAHAHA second time that's happened to me... hehe
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This is exacltly how I felt when I lost my best friend of 24 years.... such sadness and overwhelming grief... you captured it all so well
Karen
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Congrats on the bronze... this was very very sad. You've expressed so much pain and regret in this it was hard not to get so into it as to crying.
I have never really experienced the loss of a loved one (death speaking) However through your words I could imagine... well done love.
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wow can feel your emotion and regret in this hun......so sorry for you..........peace....
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This is so warm and so powerul in the regret that you feel. Good luck in the contest.
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great touching write about all the maybes that may now never be, time is for the moment and so is love, and so often we could've done more, alas we don't and then we grieve....Artis
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the "chorus" type thing is like
perfection.
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Oh... Well...
this has left me speechless.
You have created a beautiful poem full of beautiful sentiment and this is something I can relate all too well with.
I felt this write inside, brought a bit of a tear to my eye.
Very well writtten and very powerful in the longing and regret.
My favorite lines are the first stanza, so powerful and so true, if only we knew just how long we didn't have with our loved ones. Maybe then we wouldn't be so foolish and reckless with our true feelings.
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well written, I loved it. It's too bad how so many people do things they regret later, I've decided no more regrets in my life.
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Nice write
This poem does sound similiar to my poem how weird. It seems like we have both gone through the same emotions of missing someone so bad the heart aches.
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WOW...you really touched me with this one....im losing my dear friend to cancer and this just reminded me again to let her know what she means to me before its too late....thank you for writing this
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‘If we had the chance to do it over again
I’d be better, stronger, be more your friend…’ wow…these lines were full of regrets and loneliness…moreover, I liked the structure of your poem with three long and three short stanzas…beautifully weaved together…
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I have had a past of not opening myself up fully to people I want to get close to. It urts when you have to examine what went wrong in hindsight only to find it was you who caused the demise of the relationship! The whole poem flowed so smoothly it is hard for me to pick out a particular part as my favorite. The whole poem offered deep insight and conveyed such strong emotion! Thanks again for sharing your feelings so openly!
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Thank you for the comment and your openness about where you are at in your life... I'm glad you can identify with some of my poetry, and perhaps find solace in it. I write from my heart and my experience and the fact that it has touched you, is very humbling to me... thank you so much!! x
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Very well done
You have a great contrast going here of length of lines in your alternating stanzas. Seems almost lyrical that way. Powerful thoughts again.
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Yes... I actually thought of it as lyrics when I wrote it....Thanks!!!
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I needed more time. There is never enough, is there. Wekk written lyrics.
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Never enough.... Thanks for that comment.. (oh, gosh, I hope that was 'well' and not 'weak' lol)
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Hah, sorry my typing is terrible lately and it was never good. LOL
yes, WELL written.
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freaking awesome
goodness me...this one got me, so much feeling, regret and emotions...i totally feel it, and relate to some of it.
i just loved it!!! u so rock! lol
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