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One Foot Behind the Other

Melisssa R. Keele 1988 (Sedalia, Mo)

Free verse
I'm just sittin here reminiscing
About all the times I've hurt
People don't know nothing
They don't understand me
Judge me
Try and tell me what to do
See if I care what you think
You aren't nothing
But a roadblock in the way
I'm going to keep on trucking
See my eyes
They are glowing now
Sparkles in my eye
Twinkles in my toes
One foot behind the other
A hand up to the sky
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Written on April 18, 2017

Submitted by keelemelissa30 on July 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABACCDEAFAGHIJKI
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 374
Words 77
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
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