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Bitter Pill

Rosemary Nkiru Francis 1982 (Enugu)

The Street- the agony of our past
the uncertainty of our future
 here we live
nowhere else is home

Our shattered dreams
our failing hope
 like a bird without a nest- we fly
 seeking for any available tree

The heat and the cold
the sun and the rain
even the pests
 all are tales of our woes
 
The soundless screams
the bitter love for darkness
Our groaning hearts
All seeking for love

 When we fought
many brothers fall
some others stood
but we kept moving

The world is not a fair place
giving us all a fair play
we are not here by choice
 this life was forced on us

 Shall we ever find comfort
 in the arms of these cold darkness
 where our future was formed
and our hopes sealed

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The poem is about the sad fate of the street kids...

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Written on November 28, 2021

Submitted by irukarose3182 on November 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AXXX XXXX ABXX XXXX XXXB XBXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 700
Words 153
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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