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I wish I were the river

January 24, 2014
By Pierced_Siren BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. -Ingrid Bergman

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I wish I were the river
so free and natural
I wish I were the river
I could never be controlled
I wish I were the river
I can flow through any place I'd like
Upstream, downstream I can go just about anywhere
To be as free as the river
Oh how I wish I could be,
Nobody can tell me what to do if I were the river,
you can't control nature and I wish you couldn't control me,
But I'm just a slave.
I wish I were the river
so free and natural
I wish I were the river
I could never be controlled
But I'm just your slave.

© Hannah B., Linwood, NJ

The author's comments:
A poem I did on slavery for a school assignment on Huckleberry Finn and his friend Jim.
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