P.O.V.



You see a junkie, I see
Low self-esteem.
  You see a problem, I see someone
Swimming against the stream.

  You see a cocaine fiend, I see
Pain and fear.
  You see an inmate, I see
A bum-steer.

  You see an alcoholic, I see
Social-anxiety.
  You see a loser, I see
Future sobriety.

  You see an addict, I see
Someone's child.
  You see a disgrace, I see someone
Whose problems compiled.

  You see a prostitute, I see someone
Caught in addiction.
  You see a jail bird, I see
Their conviction.

  You see a self-centered person,
I see the disease.
  You see death,
I see someone ill at ease.

  You see a pill head,
I see someone in pain.
  You see no hope, I see
Someone caught in the rain.

  You see a lost cause, I see
A willingness to change.
  You see someone evil, I see
The exchange.

  You see denial, I see
Someone willing to try.
  You see them in hell, I see
A person reaching for the sky.
  
  You see a dope-fiend, I see
A new soul.
  You see a creature, I see the
Way out of the hole.

  You see a lost person,
I see their heart.
  You see the end,
I see a new start.

  Turbo1904 ♥

About this poem

It is about the way you perceive people and situations. Each set of eyes sees something different. What do you see?

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Written on May 21, 2022

Submitted by Turbo1904 on May 21, 2022

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB ADAD AAAA AECE CCAC CFXF XGAG AHAH AIAI AJXJ CKXK
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,104
Words 248
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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