If I Could I Would
Once in a while
To brave the wild
Out in the cold
Makes me smile
I forget my Pain
I give up my shelter
in the rain
So it pours down on me
Am I insane?
Inevitable
Like the sun
Or the moon or stars
Always there
So real but
So far
So far so good
I followed the rules
Like I should
Now is the time
To break FREE!
If I could I would...
For now I float
In murky waters
How soon before
I sink
I think I should
Swim to shore
There I can sit
Perched in the pines
And watch the day unwind
Everything coming
To an end
Even this cage
In which I'm penned
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Submitted on April 10, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 514 |
| Words | 119 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
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