If I Had Known
Donna Freeman
If I had known this was the last time
you would say my name
I would have kept that sound from your lips
pressed inside my mind
and played its music back
as a lullaby
to soothe my pain
where I stand in the darkness
When you are gone.
If I had known this was the last time
you could say my name,
I would have put my lips to your face
and mouthed the letters against your cheek
sharing what you once gave as mine.
If I had known this was the last time
the moment would have been stilled
and time would have stopped for you and for me
and memory would hold
what is now only a shadow
in the dusk of our day.
If I had known
but I did not.
You could have told me
but you would not.
Donna Freeman
If I had known this was the last time
you would say my name
I would have kept that sound from your lips
pressed inside my mind
and played its music back
as a lullaby
to soothe my pain
where I stand in the darkness
When you are gone.
If I had known this was the last time
you could say my name,
I would have put my lips to your face
and mouthed the letters against your cheek
sharing what you once gave as mine.
If I had known this was the last time
the moment would have been stilled
and time would have stopped for you and for me
and memory would hold
what is now only a shadow
in the dusk of our day.
If I had known
but I did not.
You could have told me
but you would not.