If I May Force Myself

If I may force myself
From this grave
Created for me by you
My bloody fingers
Would grip for a clutch
With no footing to hold me up
And perhaps I would perish
But not without effort
I would like to leave
And never return
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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