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If Only I Could Be

April 9, 2013
By Amelia Hooper SILVER, Eagle Mountain, Utah
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If only I could be

What no one else expected

Something different, a new me

One that was not acted



If only I could let go

I would set myself free

If I could only show

Maybe they could see



If only I could not fall

If mistakes were not so often

Never again would I bawl

Oh how much my life would brighten



"If Only", such an overused phrase

I know that I am human

And while I have the abilty to amaze

I can always be beaten



If only, if only

Well if only I could see

What others seem to believe of me

If only I could be

© Brit H., Peabody, MA

The author's comments:
Honestly, I am a terrible at writing poems. But one day I sat at my computer felt the strange need to express my feelins in a poem. So I did.
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that_bookworm_girl PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 15 2013 at 5:42 pm
that_bookworm_girl PLATINUM, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
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&quot;True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.&quot; -Albert Einstein

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I love this :)