<\/p>\n
Ah! What I’d give
\nto live
\njust one day
\nunlike me, this shadow
\nthat passes away
\nevery way.<\/p>\n
Ah! What I’d give
\nto live
\nfirm and knowing
\ngreen and growing
\npart of the all that exists
\na mother that licks
\nat her young
\nto live,
\nunlike the phantom I am
\npassing through
\nunable to do
\nany ONE thing
\nwaiting for some bell
\nwhich never rings.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ah! What I’d give
\nto live
\none moment sure
\nan ounce of gold
\nseparated, pure
\nweighty, always
\nable to endure
\nthat which battles
\nto make all impure,
\na golden sickness for which
\nthere is no cure.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ah! What I’d give
\nto live
\nwhat I am not.
\nTo even be caught
\na fly in the web
\nliving out a destiny
\nthat doesn’t ebb.
\nTo be a fixed point
\na rock, a bone
\na man to who nothing
\nis on loan.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ah! To live this.
\nWhat I’d give!
\nBut I’ve nothing
\nbut what IS.<\/p>\n
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