Shari's Telling Stories » desire http://slstellingstories.com A little poetry, a little prose, from Shari Lynne Smothers Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:23:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 If Only I’d Been http://slstellingstories.com/2009/11/if-only-id-been/ http://slstellingstories.com/2009/11/if-only-id-been/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:31:13 +0000 Shari Smothers http://slstellingstories.com/?p=1597

born to rich parents;
I could sit to write
just dream up stuff
without worrying about bills and payments

born a genius;
I could already
have amassed a fortune
to retire and write about how I did it

disciplined from the start;
I’d be where I want
in life and in love
happy, content and free to write with abandon.

If I’d been free to
do whatever I want
without worry
I’d remove all obstacles so I could work at writing.

©2009 Shari Lynne Smothers

Prompt: Write a poem title using “If only (BLANK)”; then write the poem. This is my poem for Day 12 of the 2009 PAD November Chapbook Challenge.

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