Remember me

Matt Starking 1987 (Africa)



as I write
I write not to fill
this sheet of paper
but I write for the future
so that they will remember
for I write like it is forever

so I write
as I write
I write not for a dime
but for you to know my time
that in my prime
will I still write

As I write
I write because it is my right
these are not just words
but they are the light
illuminating the dark
and making everything bright

so I write
as I write
I write for the name
I write for the fame
I write so that life
will never be the same

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Written on December 12, 2012

Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 13, 2022

Modified by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on July 28, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axbbbb AAccca Aaxaxa AAddxd
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 496
Words 113
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6

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