If only

For the dverse prompt. I’ve chosen to try the Welsh Awdl Gywydd form again. Feeling masochistic this evening. For those who are interested, it’s four lines, seven syllables per line, the final syllable of the first and third lines rhyme with the 3rd and 5th syllables of the following lines. The 2nd & 4th lines rhyme.

This poem doesn’t sound finished to me, but I’ll work on it tomorrow.

If only

If all was dust, swept away,
Would we say, a day well spent,
Or would we long for lost things
Cold bright springs, hawk wings wind-bent?

If I could keep each bright hour,
Each flower and tower high,
Would happiness wait for me
On the sea, where free birds fly?