If I could hold you near
by cricketjeff on April 21, 2009. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
When soon my working day is through
And I can walk away from here
My thoughts and dreams will turn to you
To all the tender things you’d do
If I could hold you near
The sun will shine in harmony
With fantasies that I hold dear
While I imagine ecstasy
That would be waiting now for me
If I could hold you near
The leaves will dance in gentle breeze
As homeward paces gently steer
Me past the rows of blossomed trees
Toward what would be perfect ease
If I could hold you near
Then in the garden drinking wine
Beneath a sky that’s blue and clear
I’ll dream of all that would be mine
A life that I would think divine
If I could hold you near
Author notes
On of AP’s finest, eusebius, reminded me aof a form of Robert Frost’s by
writing a superb poem in the same form. This is not quite the same form as I
have shrunk the final line of each quintain to iambic termeter, but I am sure
that’s what put the rhythm in my head.
English