I was once free. <br />To be happy. <br />Just to be me. <br /> <br />Now Im not. <br />Not free. <br />A prisoner of <br />my formal self <br /> <br />I was once happy. <br />I used to luagh <br />I used to smile. <br />A long time a go. <br /> <br />Depair rides in. <br />Keeping its hold on me. <br />I will never be free. <br /> <br />I was happy once <br />I used to have fun. <br />I used to laugh <br />I used to smile. <br /> <br />That all seems so old <br />Its all gone now. <br />Its so long ago <br />It could be a life <br />A life time ago<br /><br />Amy Louise Kerswell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-was-once-free-2/
