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Why Must We Cry?

Pamela Y. Derry

Why do jealousy seek to destroy?
Do envy steals someone’s joy?
Do the shameless flaunt their ill will?
Do greed feed all these things?
Why Must We Cry?

We don’t have to cry
Sometimes we must
To cleanse the sourness
Bitter souls remiss
It is God’s will
Vengeance belongs to HIM
Justice we seek
While tears of the meek
Build rivers that run into creeks
Leaving a clean heart
Still crying for justice
Why must we cry?

About this poem

Originated from a special gift from Our Father Who Art rIn Heaven. A beautiful flower, an elegant butterfly, now a heavenly Angel, my heart, my granddaughter, Kerreian Zenae’ Satterfield aka Starr Janae’

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Written on September 20, 2021

Submitted by Pameladerry210 on September 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aabcD dxcxbxeexxxD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 409
Words 77
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 12
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