I’ve been told my heart is hard-
That may be somewhat true.
But if I had the power,
I’ll tell you what I’d do-
I’d take away this old worlds bad-
Put joy in its place-
And wipe away the tears of grief-
Put a smile on every face.
I’d take away the heartache-
Replace it all with bliss-
Replace recriminations
With a gentle smile and kiss.
I’d smooth the worry wrinkles
From everybody’s brow-
Give them a rosy future
To replace a dismal now.
Alas, I have no power
To take away life’s woes-
And thorns are all I seem to get-
If I chance to touch a rose.
So maybe you can call me hard-
I doubt that I’ll be missed-
I far prefer to think that I…
Am just a realist.
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sadly beautiful. If only we had that power, yes? It’s nice imagery, I like it, even if sad. Just two corrections….the 2nd and 3rd stanzas begin with “I” and looks like it should be “I’d”….keep writing.
Yes , “Truth is oten bitter” the author has expressed his anguish that he is dubbed as a hard nut. It’s a sad reality all are not endowed with the power to paint rosy pictures of any thing otherwise not pleasant! He has brought out this sad reality and had he the power he would “take away this old worlds bad-
Put joy in its place-
And wipe away the tears of grief-
Put a smile on every face”
A good successful effort to open his heartfelt feelings in as few words as possible ,precisely and with sharp impact on the reader to resonate with him beginning to end. He finally wakes up to the bitter reality in his beautiful imagery ” Alas, I have no power
To take away life’s woes-
And thorns are all I seem to get-
If I chance to touch a rose.”
His conclusion “So maybe you can call me hard-
I doubt that I’ll be missed-
I far prefer to think that I…
Am just a realist.”
makes the reader sad and sympathize with him.
In a nutshell the poem succeeds very well in carrying the reader all through in resonance with his feelings” . That way he has the “power” in much more vigour than he thinks 🙂 I like the poem very much!