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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2012-07-10 01:53 PM

If

If I thought the world my playground,
Could you watch and not utter a sound?
Or, in your race of the swift and strong,
Would you slow down to teach me playing's wrong?

If you caught me talking to myself,
Could you leave what you heard on the shelf?
Or would you condemn schizophrenic duress,
To instead offer me loneliness?

If isolation I found comforting,
Could you leave me alone to sing?
Or would you preach to a mind been bent
Of better ways to circumvent?

If tolerance was actuality,
Well, wouldn't we all, then, be free?
But everyone has a better way
To inflict on you day after day.

And if machines were keeping me alive,
Would you still defend my right to thrive?
Or could you remove tubes, like chains, o'er me...
That truly I might be set free?

If, in silence, I passed away,
Would you even a word I say?
I've been pleading with you through my eyes,
If only you would realize.

Michael Anderson

Did I waste it?
Not so much I couldn't taste it.

Bono

Scooter
Member

since 2012-07-10

Posts 68

1 posted 2012-07-10 02:49 PM

A sad piece of poetry, Michael. I liked it, sad or otherwise.

luminosity
Senior Member

since 2005-11-18

Posts 813

2 posted 2012-07-10 03:09 PM

oh gosh, probably the best I have read in sometime...no...not probably...am sitting here crying......wonderful writing

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

3 posted 2012-07-10 10:29 PM

If I were you and you were me would you...
Enjoying your poetry,
Ms. E

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

4 posted 2012-07-10 10:59 PM

If...that is the question...you put it well and make the heart sad...BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

5 posted 2012-07-12 06:22 PM

Michael...Great thought provoking poem.
Really enjoyed...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2012-07-17 12:00 PM

This epitomizes powerful, poignant writing! It touched my heart through every line... then broke it with the last two. Fantastic work!!

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