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Alive

brandy peterson 1996 (cape may)



We live.

We die.

But how do we feel alive?

We walk.

We breathe.

But do we really believe,

That living,

Means being alive?

Because I am still waiting,

For my soul to arrive.

We laugh.

We cry.

As each day, passes by.

We listen,

And we feel,

But how do I know,

That this is real?

I just want to see,

With my own two eyes,

If living really means, Being alive.
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Written on February 02, 2023

Submitted by peterson.brandy.63 on February 07, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A X A X A X B X B X X A
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 394
Words 111
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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2 Comments
  • Trevdowell
    Very well put. I often wonder the same thing.
    LikeReply5 days ago
  • Teril
    You ask the most important elusive satisfying difficult questions of all!
    LikeReply1 month ago

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