Analysis of Understanding Others Way...
a selfish species we are,
wanting to be the brightest star.
700 million plus.
not one can i fully trust.
besides my 6 children.
because i know exactly where theyve been.
each one of us has a goal,
in the darkness,
darker than black coal.
none of us knowing,
for all are ever growing;
believers, nonbelievers,
lovers, haters,
hundreds of different religions,
hundreds more becoming has-beens.
theres only one way,
whether you believe in it or not;
once, i sat among hundreds of men,
all of us doing time for our sin.
from the fifth row i prayed,
'show me a sign,
have the woman speaking,
look me in the eye,
let me know that you are my God'.
within seconds she stopped talking,
looked me in the eye,
and said she had a message for me,
from above the crystal clear blue sky.
another time i had two Bibles,
'show me that you are my Lord,
in one, let it be the same in the other'.
the same they both were with eyes closed,
then touching with my finger.
another time was all of my time,
a 25-life sentence before me,
97 marijuana plants they found,
not one planted in the ground.
it was to be my 7th, 8th & 9th drug felonies,
taking away freedom as you know it.
six months later everything was dropped,
it was my family that turned in my crop,
trying to play God in my life,
my change came thru my strife.
another time my oldest son was looking at 85 years,
for 8 months i caught all of his fallen tears.
he was not to blame,
it was the nature of another's game,
bringing my family shame.
all charges dropped again,
because God knows the nature of mans sin.
i could share a hundred more stories,
to let you know why i do believe;
i trust youll perceive,
and then conceive;
the holy spirit is real,
its not just how i feel.
its how ive been taught,
not by woman or man,
yet within the invisible ive sought.
having felt the worlds pain;
knowing no one knows how to reign,
driving people insane,
just for self gain.
believe not in what i say,
test him in your day,
unselfishness is the key,
forgiveness will set your heart free...
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Metre | 0101011 10110101 101 1111101 01110 0111010111 1111101 0010 10111 11110 1111010 010010 1010 101100010 10101011 11011 101010111 111011011 1111011101 101111 1101 101010 11001 11111111 01101110 11001 011101011 101010111 010111110 1111111 01111010010 01110111 1101110 010111111 0110011 010111 1110001 111111111111100 1001101111 11101011 11110011011 10111011 111111 0101110111011 1111111101 11111 1101010101 1011001 110101 0111010111 111010110 111111101 11101 0101 0101011 111111 11111 111011 1010010011 101011 10111111 101001 1111 0110111 11011 1101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,956 |
Words | 386 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 6, 2, 11, 5, 10, 7, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 67 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on April 16, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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