Own Life
When we don't live our own life,
We don't know what we're missing.
Just put away our radar
Which scans the choice of others.
Our internal gyroscope
Can keep the soul in balance.
Idols are the barriers
To self-selective living.
Losers only talk of life,
They never really live it.
Now is the time to be free
And have an gateless future.
We can take a lifetime off
And rest and love and live it.
The only things we will lose
Are the prison bars and chains.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 439 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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