"If I Had My Way"

"If I Had My Way"


If I had my way....


Your only memory of yesterday
would be the loving words we say
that quell the fire of "back when;"
gently rinsing it all away.


If I had my way....


Our profound, perfectly explicit wishes
would be smeared against walls
like mist against shower stalls.
Moans would travel down halls.
Unsuspecting ears would hear your calls:
"Baby, stand tall.
Hold me up. Don't let me fall.
Fill me up. Let my thoughts crawl."


If I had my way....


What we strive for
and would surely die for
would be all that we'd have in store.
I would close unnecessary doors
so that I could give you more.
We would lay at the ocean floor;
drowning in our private aspirations
and then I'd invite you to shore.


If I had my way....


I would cater to your wonder.
I would eviscerate your plight
and eradicate your blunder.
I would be your nightmare hunter.
You would treat your past tense
like most treat their common sense:
Cast them among the realm of the forgotten.
They're just links on an old, rusty fence.


If I had my way....


Distance would feel like an option
and not like a death sentence.
Our tattered hearts wouldn't need adoption
and our flaws wouldn't need repentance.


If I had my way....


Every day would impart a new epiphany:
Featuring thoughts of you,
Thoughts of me,
Thoughts of we.
Our foundation would be serenity.
Our walls would be lined with tranquility.
We would be sheltered by divinity;
Basking in this eclectic trinity.


Yes.


If I had my way....


I would stay another night.
I would delay my flight.


If I had my way....


I would stay seven extra days
after the extent of forever,
and the duration of eternity.
You would always be with me. <3


Written By: Devin Joseph Metz