Sometimes



Sometimes I will procrastinate.
Avoidance at all cost.
It helps me to alleviate
Self-Doubt when hope is lost.

Sometimes I am engulfed by fear
Of failure and that you
Will turn away when I am near
Rejecting all I do.

Sometimes I guard my "Stephen Time";
Old habits I preserve
To help reduce the uphill climb
Or what I might deserve.

Sometimes my lazy ways help me,
Though "laziness" misleads.
Because my insecurity
Affects what might succeed.

About this poem

The futility of procrastination

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Written on June 08, 2022

Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 08, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on July 15, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE FXFX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 444
Words 88
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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