Day 14: If I Could

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If I could trace the many scars

Etched on my heart like landmarks,

I would tally up half the stars

Which punch the skies with their tiny spark.

If I could hold the stream of tears

In the cup f my hands thro the years,

I would scoop the ocean floor bare

And run it with streams of despair.

If I could relive the memory

Playing on my mind’s walls like a movie,

I would shut down the film industry

And write a couple hundred DVDs.

Akpan