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A Prayer of Sorrow

Aaron Thomas 1999

Happiness-
My bird that does not soar,
high into the sky.

Happiness-
My firefly that does not twinkle,
before the ever watching eyes.

Happiness-
My rainbow that does not show,
after the storms of sorrow.

Happiness-
My goal that’s out of reach,
Happiness feels so unobtainable to me.

I can only pray-
I can only pray-
The amazing joy will reach me someday.
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Submitted by Aaron.lthomas9 on June 14, 2021

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Scheme Axx Axx Abb Axx CCc
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 348
Words 63
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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