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Poems - What might have been

What might have been

by Ozymandias

It comes back when your life's passed on
but traces still churn through your brain
and restlessly you reminisce -
you'd like to have that time again.

For they will strike, the insights of
the things you might have said or done -
a pause for thought, and other threads
of richer fabric could be spun:

some words or deeds more apt to paint
a noble part upon life's stage
and better suited to your role
within this fleeting hour and age.

A note of concord might have earned
a soft response that died unborn
and welcomed you to share the lives
of those who laugh and those who mourn.

But time rolls on, and won't turn back
although you call and cry with pain:
you've fashioned destiny for yourself -
it holds you in your self-made chain.

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Tags: time, regret, destiny

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by Dreaming-Demon on Friday, December 17, 2010 (00:10:59)

excellent write my friend

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Friday, December 17, 2010 (00:21:18)

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by badmalthus on Friday, December 17, 2010 (02:01:29)

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by badmalthus on Friday, December 17, 2010 (01:59:49)

I don't get a tear in my eye too damn often...but this one got me where it stings Rory...a brilliant poignant write about the existential angst we all suffer from at some time. Bravo!
Cheers...Harry

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Friday, December 17, 2010 (03:05:40)

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by Essex68 on Friday, December 17, 2010 (05:53:51)

I saw your right hook coming after the first stanza, But I managed to duck. But I missed the uppercut that came with the last two stanzas. Knocked the air out of me. Don't know what else to say. Other than superb A fave again.

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Friday, December 17, 2010 (05:57:46)

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by BrokenWordsPoet on Saturday, December 18, 2010 (11:53:39)

There comes a time,
when we've grown old,
in life's discontent,
or in that pain of illness,
we feel that chain,
tied to a post,
making circles,
on the ground,
no matter,
the direction,
we carry our bodies,
it holds us,
with self-made,
links of chain,
making smaller,
the circles,
on the ground,
until we stop.

Rory there is not a day I don't think about the last line of your poem. You are one of my favorite writers on site. BWP... James... Hope you are feeling well...

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Re: What might have been (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Saturday, December 18, 2010 (17:24:24)

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