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if only i had more time

by Lisa-Dawn Sparling

If only I had more time…
I would give you gentle backrubs in front of the fire.
If only I had more time…
I would welcome you home from work in only my high heals and an apron.
If only I had more time….
I would light candles and run us a bath and you could wash my chest as I lay on yours,
If only I had more time….
I would set the stereo outside so we could dance barefoot on the grass.
If only I had more time…
I would lie in bed beside you as I watch you sleeping right now.
If only I had more time….

06/19/2003

Author's Note: it's hard being pulled between being a mother, a partner, a productive employee, a friend, a sister, a daughter, a belly dancer, a writer, a lover, etc... it just seems like time is always slipping through your fingers.

Posted on 06/20/2003
Copyright © 2024 Lisa-Dawn Sparling

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by John Ilotan on 06/20/03 at 02:46 PM

Great poem, Lisa. There's never enough time. Though I bet he'd appreciate the high heels and apron.

Posted by Maryellen Lebeda-Parra on 06/20/03 at 04:36 PM

i know this all too well ... i am a mom,and got married AFTER being a mom ... i never even dated my husband, and we have NEVER, not even once, spent a night alone together.

Posted by Alex Smyth on 06/21/03 at 08:20 PM

Poignantly expressed!

Posted by Charles J Hannan on 06/23/03 at 04:53 AM

This time we have is so short..an instant..nicely done!

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