If There Ever Should Come a Time
if there ever should come a time
(and there will)
when I am no longer there
speak honestly of me but do
so with a laugh and a joke
.
you know I always loved to laugh
.
if there ever should come a time
(and sooner still)
when I am no longer there
play these songs often and
as loudly as it will go
.
you know I always loved music
.
if there should come a time
(perhaps it comes quickly)
when I am no longer there
shore up your memories and
lock them safely away
.
you know I always loved you
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Posted on January 22, 2016, in Poetry, Uncategorized and tagged DoubleU, If There Ever Should Come a Time, John White, Poetry. Bookmark the permalink. 92 Comments.
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Heart-wrenching and beautiful!
Thank you, Swetha! 🙂
This is so simple and so beautiful!
Thank you, Tessa! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
So beautiful.
Thank you! 🙂
Lovely one John:-)
Thank you, Chevvy! 🙂
My Pleasure John:-)
🙂
Well done
Thank you! 🙂
You’re welcome 🙂
🙂
How sad you must have been feeling when you wrote this? I hope you are still around.
Thank you, Helen! 🙂 Luckily, I’m still around – alive and kicking. 😉 It’s a pleasure to meet you!
So damn beautiful. Bravo.
Thank you! 🙂 You’re too kind.
Unless you are in a place where ageing is painless
Unless you have a boundless energy
Unless you are still loved for all you are
There will come a time, some day
Hopefully far away when being here
Is not a choice and you will be remembered
With laughter, music and memory.
X 😇
Thank you, Ellen! 🙂 Well said! 🙂
Your welcome youngster!
🙂
Says it very clear and loud
I’ll be there to play the music
Thank you, Sheldon! 🙂 That party will need a DJ. 😉
Remember my poems, perhaps my memoirs, but most of all remember how I felt about you.
Thank you, Alan! 🙂 Well said!
It’s nice John. And I am so glad finally to see that I am not the only one who has to put a period between paragraphs on wordpress! I use the white font to cover the period in the post but it shows up on the reader hehe. Anyhow, thanks for making me feel I wasn’t alone in it.
Thank you! 🙂 That formatting problem has been with me since day one. It’s as if WordPress just doesn’t believe in paragraph breaks. The white font is a great idea! I’ll use that. 😉 It’s great to meet you!
Thanks John, good to meet you too! Regarding WordPress format – same here, problems since day one.
The post editor has been a source of stress at times for me especially considering that WordPress likes to change it often without warning.
lol don’t I know it!
And boy oh boy they like to ignore us when we complain that the new reader or the new editor isn’t up to snuff. 😉
Sending you the gong haha
😉
Delightful epitaph! 😉
Thank you, Bushka! 🙂 I think I was just having “one of those days.” 😉
We all have them, Chum! 🙂
That’s for sure! 😉
Yes.
Thank you1 🙂 It’s a pleasure to meet you!
An epitaph of sweet memories!
Thank you, Doug! 🙂
Beautiful John!
Thank you, Ms. Vee! 🙂
You’re welcome! 😃
🙂
Damn! John, that is heart-wrenching.
Thank you! 🙂 I think I was just having “one of those days.”
You’re allowed.
Everyone has them, I guess. I think we’re all allowed one at least once in a while. 😉
Very moving?
Thank you! 🙂
With apologies to Robert Goulet, I think your options are limited, John
If ever you would leave us, it couldn’t be in summer
Reading you in summer, we’d never let you go
Your words streaked with sunlight, your thoughts red as flame
Your poetry with a luster that puts gold to shame
But if you ever leave us, it couldn’t be in autumn
How you could leave in autumn, we never would know
We’ve seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air
We know you in autumn and you must be there
And could you leave us
Running merrily through the snow
Or on a wintry evening
When we catch the fire’s glow
If ever you would leave us, it couldn’t it be in springtime
Knowing how in spring, we’re bewitched by you so
Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall
No never, could you leave us at all.
Thank you, Karen! 🙂 Well said! Let’s hope we’re all here through many more years and many, many more seasons! 🙂
Very nice💐
Thank you! 🙂
Hello John! Since I really love your poetry, I wanted to show my appreciation, so I nominated you for the “One Lovely Blog Award”. To read all about it, rules, nominations, etc, you can see it on my latest post, here:
https://survivednarc.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/holy-hole-in-a-donut-batman-an-award/
Take care! 🙂
/SurvivedNarc
Thank you! 🙂 Time has been in very short supply recently so if I’m able to get a break, I’ll jump in. Thank you for nominating me. 🙂
You’re welcome! Oh, I completely understand. I do not believe there is a time limit on this, so you could go look at it anytime later on, if you’re up to it. Take care for now/SurvivedNarc
Thanks! Will do.
what a alluring piece of writeup
amazing.
Thank you! 🙂 You’re too kind.
Sweet!
Thank you! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
Reblogged this on Crazy Pasta Child.
Thank you for the reblog!
Your presence will be your legacy, here. Amongst the wordsmiths, and cyber mind speakers.
Thank you, Sylvia! 🙂 I hope we’re all able to leave a strong legacy here. 🙂
Very powerful. Loved it. One of my favourites, mate. 🙂
Thank you, Bob! 🙂 You’re too kind.
You know we always loved you!
Thank you! 🙂 I certainly feel the same for all of you. ❤
This is just beautiful. Stunning 🙂
Thank you! 🙂 You’re far too kind.
Wow. I wish my poems were as heart wrenching as yours.
Thank you! 🙂 You’re far too kind. It’s great to meet you!
This is quite beautiful, something I’d apply to myself. The “tombstone” version for me would be, “She sang. She laughed. She loved. All of them well.” Thank you for your poems.
Thank you! 🙂 That would be a great epitaph. It’s a pleasure to meet you!
Beautiful…. My gratitude for the smile.
Thank you! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
Very beautiful and touching
Thank you! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
Good to meet you too, John! 🙂
🙂
Heartfelt..Beautiful
Thank you! 🙂
I almost cried. It is so beautiful. Thanku John for writing such master pieces. 🙂
Thank you! 🙂 You are far too kind!
Nice poems you have here, John, and thanks for following.
You’re welcome and thank you for coming by, Virgilio! 🙂 It’s a pleasure to meet you!
oh my,its cute
Thank you! 🙂 It’s a pleasure to meet you!