True Self
My leaves have not fallen~
I do not dare let them go
The rain must not touch them~
Or else All will know
I .have painted them pretty~
In hopes that someone would see
Although I am not perfect~
I am a special kind of tree
~
The wind roars around me~
The rain is beating down
My leaves are all falling~
They are hitting the ground
I am so frightened~
As the paint is washed away
My true colors Shine~
I am really okay
~
I stand here in silence~
The sun warms me so
The gentle breeze soothes me~
This is when I begin to know
These roots must be nourished~
My limbs must be pruned
It has been much too long~
Since this tree has fully bloomed
About this poem
I wrote this poem many years ago. I was searching to find my true self and inner freedom. To this day, I recite it to myself from memory. It never seems to get old.
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Written on July 14, 1990
Submitted by Caliconine on October 02, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 735 |
| Words | 143 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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