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A Fair Trade

I wish for a fair trade

Given to us by birth

An exchange of one for another

To give and get equal worth.

 

Perhaps this is greedy

Perhaps this is wrong.

But if a choice could be given

I'd be where I belong.

 

See, I don't belong here

Stuck with drama and thought.

I wish I could be different

But humanity's what I caught.

 

But if I could make a trade.

For something who's worth is the same,

I'd chose the wings, the flight.

Than to be stuck here; earthbound and tame.

 

To lift off into the beauty of birds

To give my humanity instead.

No pain, no worries, no cares

Anxiety gone, with dread.

 

Yet fair this would be,

For I'd lose as well.

I'd lose all the good things,

Memories, family,  love's spell.

 

So maybe it's a fair trade that I seek

To escape from Gravity's grasp.

But still, here I am, and forever I'll wish

For that fair trade that'll come at long last

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Jun 19, 2013
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