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i'm tired of being me
can i be you for awhile?
just trade our appearances
and exchange our style

i'll give you my problems
oh "aye, there's the rub"!
i wish to escape them
and your name to them dub

please take all my honor
i want not the stuff
too much suffering in silence
i'm not all that tough

bestow my reputation
questionable at times
though mostly revered
i've no such designs

i long for the freedom
i'm sure you possess
in greater abundance
than exists in this mess

i want a calmer mind
than that i yet retain
though you've had your troubles
i judge you more sane

and lastly upon you
i'll bestow my soul
yours must be the cleaner
you even look whole

yours will grant me passage
on to heaven when i'm through
God wants you, i'm certain
so He'll want me then too


(c) 2002 Robert H. Harrison