If you could

In life never wish if you could instead become what you wish or else you are doomed!

Unaware of the precision of fate

Unaware, just unaware you berate

And agonise liberty for tormenting you

And you wait for something you wish to be untrue

And you exhaust, yes your thoughts you exhaust

And you hold them like a lover does to the meeting post

You will think of if, you and could

Instead of it, will, do, you, no and good

You then play the possible conversations

And convince yourself without consolation

Then you stare at a knife in isolation

Who cares! And with your neck you think out a relation

And you think if you could…

 

Without much, no without any ammunition

You make up a hypocritical decision

And you end up being Alice in Wonderland

Until you hear a cry announcing life is at hand

You then wonder if in the trance you snored

And you flatter yourself thinking you roared

And in your dreams you conquer

And in reality you convince yourself you conquer

The criticisms you get you try to take

And say is it l that only makes mistakes

You try to kneel and repent

But you say all was in fate’s document

And you think if you could…

 

You go out in the cold and start to shiver

And think if you had a jacket you would throw it in the river

You look into your torn pockets and conclude no one needs a jacket

You go to the next corner and buy yourself drugs in packets

A smile drags along your face

Announcing what you are about to rehearse

You then rush to a secluded place

And hope the joy you thought of would gain pace

You take a miserable sniff

And then you are interrupted by a falling leaf

You become embarrassed of your actions

And say it is just a terrible echo following you

And you think if you could…

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Regret is a two-sided coin. Things we could of done and didn't leave us wishing we were wiser. The poem open the door to many thoughts and places.
"Without much, no without any ammunition
You make up a hypocritical decision
And you end up being Alice in Wonderland"
I like the complete poem. A Hemingway style in the poem. Make the reader decide where the poem took them. Thank you for the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Mufaro Kudakwashe Joseph Mangono]

thank you.