Analysis of Between God and ME



I was wild and couldn’t be tamed
Raised right but went my own way
A hot head with a cold heart
My reflection in the mirror is the only one to blame

With a chip on my shoulder
And a gun in my holster
I took what I wanted
Until life gave me what I needed

All the mistakes,
Heart breaks
The give, the take
The choices I made

Dead ends, wrong turns
Brick walls and bridges burned
Beaten and bruised
I’ve made it through
The rest of the mess
That’s between God and me

Time in prison
Can make or break a broken man
But I turned the gilded pages
And found true religion

Now I make an honest living
And am blessed to be giving
To those who are in need
As the good lord did for me

All the mistakes,
Heart breaks
The give, the take
The choices I made

Dead ends, wrong turns
Brick walls and bridges burned
Beaten and bruised
I’ve made it through
The rest of the mess
That’s between God and me


Scheme xxxx aabb CCDE FGHIJK lxxl mmxk CCDE FGHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111 1111111 0111011 101000101010111 1011110 0010110 111110 011111110 1001 11 0101 01011 1111 110101 1001 1111 01101 101101 1010 11110101 11101010 011010 11111010 0111110 111101 1011111 1001 11 0101 01011 1111 110101 1001 1111 01101 101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 903
Words 193
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

This is a lyric/ poem about a man making bad choices, being punished for his actions and finding faith.

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Written on January 31, 2022

Submitted by lisacampbell29 on February 24, 2022

Modified on March 30, 2023

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Lisa Campbell

I am 56 years old. I love to write poems, short stories and lyrics. more…

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