If Only

If I touch a burning candle
I will feel no pain
If you stab me with a knife
It’s just the same
And as the light in my eyes fade
My life’s dept has been repaid

And as though life cannot be freed
In my eyes I’ll walk in heed

If I jump in freezing water will I burn and die?
If I jump a cliff will I soon fly?
And in these years left unread
It never mattered what was said
And soon words were dead
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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July 15, 2009 at 6:47 PM
wow !!
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