BEGINNING LIFE AGAIN (Villanelle)
Elizabeth Njeri Waweru 1991 (Naivasha)
I think I need to start my life anew,
Does anybody know where the reset button is?
Now I know everything I wish I knew.
I worried so much about my future's view,
That I didn't live any moment of my past,
I think I need to start my life anew.
I was so burdened by my past's screw,
So burdened that I became completely paralyzed,
Now I know everything I wish I knew.
I wanted the perfect future, 'nothing should go askew'
But how do you make a perfect future worried and burdened?
I think I need to start my life anew.
Today is the day to build the future I knew,
Because if I don't act today the tomorrow remains the same,
Now I know everything I wish I knew.
My burdens and worries made sure I never flew,
They pinned me down, too paralyzed to change my past or my future,
I think I need to start my life anew,
Now I know everything I wish I knew.
About this poem
This poem is about how stuck I've been worrying and carrying my pain so close that I never lived. I am just now starting to live, my name is Elizabeth Njeri Waweru and I am present today
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Submitted by Liza.Njeri1 on October 09, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AxA axA axA axA axA axAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 852 |
Words | 193 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
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