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"Lost"

Jolene Frahm 1954 (Iowa)

When I went away I was a boy.
Now I'm a man!
Where did the years go?
To drinking, drugs, Why?
Had to chase the monsters away!
Needed to rid myself of the memories;
memories of war!
I lost friends, lost pieces of me!
Now, how can I or will I ever get them back?

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Written on June 02, 2018

Submitted by jolene_f on February 28, 2023

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 260
Words 63
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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