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If Only - Online Essay

If Only

If Only

By: Breanna Miller

It's dark and cold and lonely
I can't help to think `If Only'

I could have chosen the right way
`No' I could have choose to say

All my friends followed this path
They said to take the other way was daft

They told me it was neat and cool
But over it I would lose my soul

One beer won't hurt one little bit
It's okay for one cigarette to be lit

Try cocaine just this one time
I thought if I did I would shine

Crack is great, it's the best thing
But I only brought myself shame

I put on a smile and laughed a lot
Really I though of all the trouble I'd got

On the outside I felt so alive
On the inside I knew I had died

I drank and ...

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to even say my name

I had my joy and merriment
Now I don't even have a cent

I couldn't go back I was to far gone
A far as I could see I as done

Then this man reached way down
He picked me up before I drowned

He gave me some food and something to drink
He told me of death I was on the brink

I was dirty and my scars you could see
Then he asked me if I wanted to be free

I stared a moment the I said sir
I'm to far gone can't you see my dirt

He gave a smile and quickly replied
Just for you on a cross I bled and died

I gaped in astonishment, the tears coming fast
I would be free from this burden at last

I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry
Who would care enough about me to die

He looked at me with compassion in his eyes
I knew he was waiting, I couldn't reply

He asked me with love deep in his tone
Do you want to be free, for all this to be gone

I didn't even have to think I quickly replied
Yes! Yes! I said with a quiet sigh

I ...

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Added: 4/21/2014 01:50:55 PM
Submitted By: breonskiix3
Category: Poetry & Poets
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