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The Hand Me Down Life

freespirit30 1967 (Carthage)

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The life I live is not my own, its run by someone else.
They decide where I live and where I work, what I choose to do is irrelevant.
My happiness is hidden, It's controlled by outside forces.
Everytime I try to take hold of my life, my dreams get shattered.
I loose my momentum, I'm lost in this happiness once more.

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Written on September 23, 2008

Submitted by jennifert.99162 on December 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 317
Words 66
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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