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April 23, 2008
By Anonymous

i asked my father if i could swim,
and he said that i would drown.
The Sea would imprison me – he said
if my feet had left the ground.

So i walked out to the water,
and cried out – how ’bout now!
He said, a little bit further, Son,
and then you’ll leave the ground.

i stepped on sand then stone,
from hollow ground to sturdy.
The sky was at my level as I
gazed at the birdie.

The Sea brought me a new idea,
the urge to flee to the high.

i asked my Father if i could fly,
and he said, sure, Son – go try.

i jumped as high as i could.
Still, i landed on the ground.
i saw my Father pull on a chain,
then i knew that i was bound.

© Anonymous

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tre.ashleymarie said...
on Sep. 15 2016 at 10:56 am
I absolutely love this!!! Please continue to write poems you are great with your words
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my husband and I loved this pice you wrote please keep writing
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Woah! amazingly written :)
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This poem is so meaningful. It is a beautiful piece! Please keep writing!!
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Such a good poem. I love the rhymes, you've seriously got some talent.
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Though I love my dad and have a great relationship with him, I appreciate this piece because I think it captures the power of this sort of relationship-even the bad ones.
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fahters arent worth any persons time. At least mine doesnt deserve My time
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you'll have to wait for me to type mine because i have work to do.
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very good! your good at poetry i see. you know if you would have gone any deeper then there would've been no words to describe poetry that deep. read mine and see. okay?
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This is the best poem I seen
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This is truly great.
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cut the chain and fly high in the sky like katy perry's fireworks.
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This scared me a little bit but in the way poetry should. Love it!
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At first I was like huh? then I was like hmmmm then I said Ohhhhh lol nice work
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This took me a minute, but then I understood. Very deep.
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whoa ... love this
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this captures the feelings of many teens and their dreams and that they are on a chain and cant get off of it