I Wish I Was A Poet

from Demo 2012 by Iris Johner

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I wish I was a poet / I would describe for hours
The beauty of my feelings / the depth of my love
I'd tell you endless travels / endless stories from all around the world
Of dragonflies and butteflies / of the seas and the ocean
I'd write lines and lines of love / words blown by the wind
Whilst we'd run hand in hand / in the golden grass of a summer sunset

I wish I was a poet, I'd invent a life after death

I'd not be afraid / of losing inspiration
After writing / the first verse of a song
Words would never be bitter / I'd see the world with a child 's eyes
I'd watch you sleeping for hours / writing your dreams
Sweetness, serenity / I'd draw a smile on your face
I'd take you by the hand / to deep in my mind

I wish I was a poet, I'd invent our Promised Land

Where fear and violence would not exist / where everyone carries the glow of goodness
Words would not even suffice to describe your smell
I'd put on the paper the wealth of the five / elements a whole life wouldn't suffice to describe
The beauty of your skin / shivering in the wind
I'd tell you the journey of each of grain of sand / and each of waves through the ocean
You'd be on a warm beach / You'd be on a warm beach

I wish I was a poet, I'd invent a life after death
I wish I was a poet, I'd invent our Promised Land
I wish I was a poet, I wish I was a poet, I wish I was a poet...
But I'm not

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from Demo 2012, released December 5, 2012

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