If
If I were a statue would I ever grow old?
Or would I be young all my life?
The promise of worship not feeling the cold
Or would the cold cut like a knife?
If in were a portrait would I ever age?
Or would the lines never appear?
The same old surroundings alone on the stage
Or would I be taken from here?
If i were a puppet would in ever die
Or would I be never alive?
The promise of life never making me cry
Or would I be crying for life?
If I were a toy soldier shooting a gun
On plastic streets what would reveal?
Would all that I do be always in fun?
Or would it someday become real?
If I were a sweet dream in somebody's mind
Would she see my face as her own?
Or would she see clearly only to find
That no one is really alone?
If I were a nightmare in somebody's head
Would he see me as someone bad?
Or would he be thankful that he isn't dead?
Would he shake my hand and be glad?
If I were a doll would I ever get broke?
Or would I be forever one?
The promise of love, never classed as a joke,
Or would all the pain linger on?
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Submitted by p g webster on May 25, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCDCEFGFBHIHIJKJKLMLMNHNO |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,004 |
Words | 219 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
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