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What If Ever
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025    Rated "G" by the Author.
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When If Ever

John Herlihy

 

When if ever

That we feel such power

Seldom, perhaps never

In the passing of the hour

 

As infinite as the sky

As powerful as the ocean

As mysterious as the night

As bright as moonlight

As expensive as infinity

As eternal as eternity

As tall as the trees

As gentle as the breeze

As free as the bird

As a loving heart stirred

 

As sly as the fox

As plotting as the ox

As timid as a fawn

As tender as the dawn

As strange as the world

As distant as the stars

As hard as a rock

As soft as butter

As fictitious as a life

As factual as a death

 

Oh, for countless moments

To give, give, give

Oh, for an eternal moment

To live, live, live

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 10 August 2025


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 Reviews of "What If Ever"
Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan
Reviewed on January 19, 2026
There is so much life in life, isn't there? Indeed, what is ever we were to experience it all?

Rebecca

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on January 5, 2026
WHAT IF EVER...WE EXPERIENCE A MOMENT...WHEN THROUGH THE APPRECIATION OF HIS AMAZING AUTHORITATIVE POWER AND ALL 'HE IS'...GOD ELICITS FROM US ALL HE WANTS US TO BE...TO THE POINT WHERE WE WANT TO... LIVE FOREVER...AND GIVE OF OURSELVES...MORE...AND MORE...AND MORE! INDEED...THAT'S 'INSPIRATION'! WONDERFUL, JOHN! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on December 10, 2025
Powerful similes. Helpful in describing difficult concepts. I would change two of them:

As expansive as infinity
As plodiding as the oxen

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on December 9, 2025
This pieces saddebs me, perhaps due to the impact of writing my last entry, war seems to be the arbitor and common denominator in the picture, the aura of our planet. "Oh, for countless moments
To give, give, give

Oh, for an eternal moment

To live, live, live

Yes, John, "oh for an eternal moment". There is much to contemplate and attempt to right, but, save for some of us with optomistic yearnings, most will succumb. There is likely to be no Eternal moment... no change of the fact that we are in a period of time when there is so much of humanity trying to find worth through greed, power and the money that does the talking. Oh, yes. Money is in every movement of conquer or be conquered. Keep writing, John. Perhaps there will be that reader or readers who will find consciousness and awaken.


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