POEM - I wish I knew

I wrote this poem yesterday;

'I wish I knew'

I wish I knew what it was like to be free
To know what I am missing, to feel the anguish, the loss and the pain
Maybe knowing would give me the strength I need, the motivation I struggle sometimes to find
If I knew would I ever settle, ever forget, ever stop
Can I be satisfied with something I have never even had


Oh I wish I knew what it was like to be free
I do imagine what it might be like, I dream, I long and I ponder
To be aware of where I begin and where I end
Getting it wrong being my best lesson, my prerogative and my way
Yes my way, the only way


Oh I do wish I knew what it was like to be free
I think i know that I am supposed to be free
Something tells me, something deep inside that I am supposed to be me
I get this urge, I can't shake it, I am confused and don't know how take it
If I was free I am not so sure I could make it


Oh I really do wish I knew what it was like to be free
Am afraid, paralysed with fear, critical and dying
When I tell myself I could make it I accuse myself of lying
What did I do, was it even me, for the love of god why am I not free
Do I deserve this, this torment, this misery


Oh if only I knew what it was like to be free
My time, my choice, my leisure
Thinking what I could do and say and see
Being alone, being together being with who and wherever I want to be


wow maybe I really do know what it would be like to be free
Have to remind myself I am not where I need to be
got to remember that there are many others with ideas just like me
so many people, people longing to be free
If we work together there is a new fate for me
Tomorrow I will start the day saying this is a free day for me


written and narrated

by
MattG - britishnproud
http://www.4allofus.com

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[4ALLofUSyt]

thanks for your kind words!

[adamappo]

Stumbled across it on mininova, very impressed, good work!

[lazerflipsteve]

second stanzer = my favourite

nice one man (Y)