Afterwards
Would they cry when I pass ?
I think they would if not at first
then at the last.
But just a single tear and only
those that held me dear.
The slightest little moment
far more than they can bear.
They'll see all that I have wasted
all the potential that was there.
With all their little stories
there memories of me
they'll speak of disapointment
all the things I should have seen.
But if I lived my life
as true as I could be!
If I leave behind people
better off for knowing me!
how bad could life
have truly been?
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Written on December 31, 2012
Submitted by josephssselis on May 07, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABACDEFGFHCBIJCKCJL |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 524 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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