Take
Take away my smile,
I will still seek out happiness.
Take away my youth,
But I will still have my youthfulness.
Erase the love inside my soul,
And I will find another start.
Take away my innocence,
Simply to spite my naive heart.
Take me away from my friends,
I will still remember their names.
Take me away from my beginnings,
I won’t forget from where I came.
Take the happiness from my life,
It will only last a little while.
My strength comes from within,
And God will give me a new smile.
09/27/07
About this poem
This is one of several poems that are directed at life and my vengeful fight to show life that it cannot treat me the way it did and expect me to do nothing in return.
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Written on September 27, 2007
Submitted by JoseCanUC on September 17, 2023
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| Scheme | AB XB XC XC XX XX XA XA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 512 |
| Words | 119 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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