A friend
Sara Cafferty 1988 (Rhode Island)
How tired you must be from all your running
Years of torment
Self destruction
I’m too familiar
This isn’t me trying to change you
Or try to convince you of my own desires
Pay no heed to your fears
Allow a fellow human to recognize you
Admiration for your lengthy fight
Just want to see you lay your walls down, it will be alright.
Tragedy, guilt and isolation
Some appreciate the beauty of lessons
Some deny the need to look within
Time spent battling ourselves
Wars outside
Wars within
Some lose
some win
All that is given CANT be taken
From those battles within
Wisdom, empathy for fellow strugglers
Divine purpose may not be sunshine and rainbows
About this poem
Life’s a journey
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Submitted by saracafferty on January 22, 2023
Modified on March 08, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXA XBC XB DD A XE XXEXE AECX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 679 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 5, 4 |
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