Life
Moving away seems like my getaway from reality
People I cherish growing old, and death is a formality
Grief is new to me, something I don’t know how to handle
Pain is something I wish you could blow out like a candle
Time flies when your having fun is what I was told
Completely Unaware of everyone around me growing old
Goodbye was something I said without thought
Tomorrow isn’t promised is something I wasn’t taught
School was a chore you couldn’t wait to leave
Full time work however makes you realise it’s a breeze
Being young is something you wish away more often that not
24 and I wish I could go back to being a tiny tot
Who makes it official when your all grown up
Responsibilities, bills and a love life with regular check ups
Mortgage, pensions and the dreaded credit score
Watching the news could convince anyone of a fourth world war
About this poem
Moving away from home and coming back and seeing everyone you love growing old and reminiscing on when you were a kid.
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Written on January 08, 2023
Submitted by Ciaraharding1999 on August 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 864 |
Words | 163 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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