Rejection
Brad Van Conant II 1974 (Croswell)
Fear of rejection has trapped me inside,
while anger and tension have damaged
my pride. I’ve tried to live right, yet have
only lived wrong; and the harder I try I
just can’t become strong.
I leave those behind that are closest to
me, and when I look back, they cannot
be seen. Blinded by ignorance and
broken by pain, I look straight ahead
and I do it again.
I can’t find myself in this tangled up
mess, as I look back upon a great
mound of stress. I try to stand tall
through this and through that, but
fear of rejection has made me fall back.
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Written on 2005
Submitted by Brad_II on December 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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