My Hands
Carlos Santos 1976 (NJ)
As I hold up my hands I see
hands that have held many
things.
Blood, Guns, Drugs, Lives
Guns that I've held to protect
myself as well as others.
Drugs that I've given to fathers,
mothers, sisters, brothers.
Blood that I have wiped off
the face of my earth.
Lives of the friends who have
passed on as well as the lives
of family members that will
forever be gone.
Now it's time for my hands
to embrace my life my spirit my
soul.
About this poem
It was a part of my life.....
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Submitted by ForeverMagnetic on January 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAX B XC CC XX XBXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3 |
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