H O W A R D   U N I V E R S I T Y

Faces & Voices 5
An Anthology
of Verse and Prose
by
the Composition
for Honours Class,
Howard University,
2000-2001.

Professor
E. R. BRAITHWAITE

 

Faces & Voices 4
 Art@Howard

 

    

If I Never Get the Chance
By Terilyn Dumas
    
My final breath may come 
Before I complete my plans on Earth
I pray that day be postponed
But I know this is not in my hands to control
For all the things I want to say
Or could do
May not His will allow
Know my life has metamorphosed
Since that day
That day I saw you
That day we talked
That initial touch
That first glimpse of your smile 
Now and forever
In my heart you'll remain 
If I never get this chance again
Love Always.

© 2001 Terilyn Dumas

© 2001 Howard University. H. Patrick Swygert, President
(First Published in limited print edition, An Anthology of Verse and Prose, by the Composition for Honours Class, Howard University, Spring 2001. Professor E.R. Braithwaite)
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