Runaway

LASykes 1965 (New Jersey)



When I was a child
I decided to be tough
The taller I grew
Tough got me through
the heart of a fighter
tried and true
Out into the world
went I ,
just little ole me myself
and I.
I was grown
wandering around all alone.
Important back then,
being smart,
earning my keep
finding something to eat
and being kind.
That’s when I learned
time passes faster
with a happier heart
and somewhere to sleep
If only we knew
while we’re young
“the time of our lives”
before its not






 



About this poem

I left home when I was 16. I enrolled myself in school in another state, worked 2 jobs and graduated that June.

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Written on November 11, 2021

Submitted by 33sykes33 on December 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCCDCEFGFHHIJKLMNDJKCOPQ
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 497
Words 115
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25

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