Poem: "If I Could"

"If I Could"

dear _______,

in the afterglow
after the moment
of our mutual cease fire
has quietly passed

burn the candle
in memory of fading sunset
and approaching night
bury it deep in the fragile ground

take her little hand
and tell her where I now lay
remind, my sweet little one,
"Your mother loved you so"

please tell her
that if I could
I'd take her away with me

up in this beautiful place
where rain and sky
cease to tame the
unbridled passions
of those left painfully behind

I want you to know
that, if I could
I'd tell you once more, dear

if I only could.

- RS

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo