TO DIE WITHIN



To die within,
Yet still remain alive,
Is a fate worse than death.

To die without
Ever knowing true love,
Is never living at all.

To die in poverty
Is nobody's dreams,
Yet so many do.

To die alone
Is crime enough, and yet
Living alone is worse.

To live a lie
Is so unfulfilling,
Truth is the answer.

To die within
Seems to be your fate now,
All hope is gone.

THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About this poem

An angst poem from the late 1970s.

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Written on 1979

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axx xxx xxx xxx xxx Axx xxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 411
Words 82
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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