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If Tomorrow Never Comes

Margie Dell (Scott) Collins 1965 (Wharton)

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if I knew it would be the last day that I'd see you fall asleep
I would tuck you in more tightly and praise the Lord your soul to keep
if I knew it would be the last time that I would see you walk out the door
I would give you a hug or kiss and call you back for one more
if I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lift up in praise
I would videotape each action in Word
so I could play them back day after day
if I knew it would be the last time
I could spare an extra minute or two to stop and say I love you
as others felt when losing loved ones
if we only knew that tomorrow never comes

About this poem

The poem was published in 2022 after losing a loved one who just went to ride with a friend

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Written on August 01, 2022

Submitted by dellee6 on May 27, 2023

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Scheme aabbCdefCghi
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 603
Words 135
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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