Value
Aasiyah 2006 (USA)
Reality isn't what it seems,
but it's not like a mirror
Although, my life does reflect me,
at least I can't see her
Because I'm full of darkness,
even on a sunny day
You know, I kind of like it that way.
A man puts his label, and a man decides it's worth,
and a man decides what's better, and a man decides what's worse
And no man loves me beyond what he can see;
no man loves me
And that's easy to see
If I had value, this equation called life
would solve my problems,
because I would be a number
Instead of number zero,
maybe number one
Or an infinity of numbers,
just for fun
About this poem
He told me.. "There's some value in it." Of course you'd know.
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Written on June 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XA BA XC C XX BB B XXA XD XD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 135 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2 |
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