Poem/ What If I'd Never Met You?

© Alexandra Carpenter

Would the rivers in my mind be as calm?
Would the rain fall as gentle on my palm?
The stars in the sky would they shine as bright?
It even seems the sun shines brighter through
my window pane.
Would not knowing you be a loss?
Would I push myself further to see more
clearly a thought?
Would I have missed the words you wrote?
Would I ?

No, the rivers in my mind are calmer because of you,
and the rain gentler falling on my palm.
The stars are much brighter in the sky when I see them
through your eyes, even the sun is warmer and brighter
these days though you’re gone.
Knowing you has made my mind open and clearer
then I thought it could be, and I’ve come to want the words
you wrote to fill me up with foresight and thrill my
imagination.

I read them often…


What if I had never met you?
It would’ve taken me longer to be on the right path,
the path where I want my poetry to go,
and the path that this woman I’m growing into needs.
For, we loved each other with perfect
give and take, and I still hear and feel you near.
Had I not met you, loved you, held you as death took you,
I wouldn’t be the woman as wise as I am today.
A woman and poet that your love transformed…..