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What is wrong with me?

Scarlett Lamm 1992 (California)

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Friendship flows innocently,
Smiles repaid with warm embrace,
Starving for human kindness,
Hopeful after cruel interactions,

Tomorrow will be a new day,
Perhaps a new chance,
Never room for one more,
But always room for anyone,
Anyone whose not me,

Words of a mother engraved in my soul,
“So many cannot be mistaken”,
The endless torture of starvation,
Hunger for an invitation,

What is wrong with me?

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The poem describes the pain of constant disconnect from friendly relationships

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Written on February 04, 2023

Submitted by Sherryzade on February 04, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXX XXXBA XBBB A
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 408
Words 83
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4, 1
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