If I Could

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“I thought you didn’t have it anymore”

“Just join in”

“It would have been nice for you to have played”

“You make me have to worry about you”

 

Can’t you see if I could

If I could get over it

I would jump over the moon

 

If I could

just join in

I would dive into the deepest depths

 

If I could

Play along

I would be the child you so want me to be

 

If I could

I would take myself out of your thoughts

If only I could

 

But I can’t

You think I just won’t but

It’s not my choice

 

I don’t want to sit on the side lines.

I don’t want to be silent because I’m afraid of what comes out.

I don’t want to have a brain like a race track.

 

I want the moon,

The depths,

The playground,

 

I want the freedom,

That you got for free.

Elle Vaughan is an English poet and script writer. Elle believes writing for both the reader and the writer is the best form of escapism. She writes to make the problems and issues of now more understandable.