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If I Only Could.

Tara birch 1974 (Sudbury)

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If I could only help you know, just who I am, I know we'd grow.
If we could only just accept, the things we've shown, without the shame, accept the truth, with all we've known.
Our life is short, loves not a game, forget the lies, and all false fame.
Can we just believe in all we are, without life's continuing wounds and scars?
If I could only help you know, just who I am, maybe we'd grow.
If I could only let you in, maybe then we could begin.
Our life is short, loves not a game, so forget the lies, and all false fame...
T.D.B.

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Written on March 13, 2022

Submitted by Tarabirch134 on March 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDAECF
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 534
Words 116
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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