Analysis of Who am I to love?
I thought I was dead, or if probably, it was an illusion, maybe it was a dream,
cuz if it's real, it hurts badly... I couldn't fight this alone.
I've spent my days gathering the wrong friends,
I've been so busy doing the wrong assignment,
I thought I was loved and catered, but it is a mirage, totally fake!
Is it a sin? to love everyone around, and give out myself flexibly, thinking I was doing the needful.
But, here I am, broken and scattered, left stagnant,
I tried to love trees, I planted a seed, watered it daily out of love, even when it wasn't deep enough, I cleared the weeds around it, I made sure nothing was there to hurt it.
It was a plant, it grew out of love with beautiful leaves, it never stopped growing, trying to reflect the love I showed it, soon, it began to bring out fruit, trying to feed me when I go hungry.
could it be said that plants are more hearted than humans?
Everyone deserves to be loved, that's what they said, was I not among?
what had made me so different? I couldn't find it.
I tried to hate my brother man, but I couldn't, I would die of conscience....
I've tried acting nonchalant, but that wasn't me, normally I'm jovial and I couldn't change that.
the room is dark, really dark,
Gentiles are reptiles with poison.
Pastors kills more than oracles, gathering people with miracles..
and more which tares heart down.
what's is the cause of these? no love..
" love you neighbor like yourself," always quoted but never used...
" seek peace with all men, without which, no man can see God,"
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Metre | 1111111100111010101101 111111101101101 1111100011 111101001010 111110101110011001 11011110010111100101110010 111110010110 11111110011011011110111010111010111111011111 110111111110011101101010101111110111111011111110 1111111110110 1001111111111101 1111110011011 111111011110111110 111001111011001100011011 0111101 1110110 10111100100101100 011111 11011111 11101011101101 1111101111111 |
Characters | 1,546 |
Words | 323 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 55 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
8 was inspired to write this when I looked at how people pretends to each other while they don't.
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Written on September 27, 2022
Submitted by babatundeojo629 on September 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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