Be positive



                                  Be positive
 
 She says to start thinking positive
and my life will change for the good
like being negative is so much fun
think positive well I would if I could.

 Things are not as easy as that
she would know if she was in my shoes
but she'll never be inside my head
these feelings inside are not something I choose.

 She says my writing should be more uplifting
but I write what comes from my soul
it's not like i'm a negative depressed person
but the way life has gone it's taken it's toll.

 She says I cause my own karma
but I can't control what others do
other people can effect how I feel
so with the good I take the bad too.

 Until you've lived someone else's life
you shouldn't tell people how to be
because you don't know what made them that way
you'll never understand or truly see.

 
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Written on April 23, 2022

Submitted by thec.11942 on April 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA XCXC XDBD XEXE XFXF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 834
Words 165
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    A thoughtful poem about reality !
    No man is an island but there comes a time when you are set adrift and then what ? Do the best with what you got, and if that is not good enough, it is what it is, isn't it ? 
    LikeReply 12 years ago

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