Uplifting: Survivor Mode

Arman Hoque 1977 (Winnipeg)



Uplifting - Survivor Mode
By Arman Hoque


I should rewrite the poem of my life;
Before life cuts me like a knife.
Think positive and be the change.
Make adjustments and rearrange.

Be the man I want to see in the mirror;
Rearrange my thoughts away from the terror.
Be a beacon like I’ve always known I could be.
But when I empty my thoughts of darkness , I feel hollow ; a part of the man I should be.

I need darkness to fuel my wave up high;
Like a surfer needs something to crave up why?
Adrenaline rush is sometimes not enough…
Why couldn’t I be made of more sterner stuff?

Sometimes life gets you down till you frown;
That’s when I need to turn things around.
Survivor mode—/. It’s lock and load;
I’ve got to get with it or I might explode.

I’ve got to get in; break in to the vault.
Realize there’s no reason - it’s nobody’s fault.
There’s no rhyme to the wind; no rhythm to the rain.
No reason to be playing the blame game.

I’m just a single soul, pouring my heart into word-
Making sense of a world that’s leaning to absurd.
On a positive note, there’s more to come from this.
There’s more words to come, may my next poem come from bliss.

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Submitted by arman_h on November 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX BBCC DDEE FFGG XXAA HHXX IIJJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,182
Words 249
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Arman Hoque

Founder of Empyrean Law and Senior Counsel, Arman Hoque holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Windsor in addition to a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a B.A. degree in Law and Society from the Ivy League Cornell University. In July 2004, he was called to the bar as barrister, solicitor, and notary public, following Articles with a prestigious Queen’s Counsel Firm. He worked in association with several prominent law firms and sage mentors to develop his high standard before establishing his own practice. Since then, he has grown his law firm. Focused on his compassion for access to justice, Mr. Hoque has received news attention for cases he has fought and won for his clients spanning 15 years of practice. He has contributed to precedents in the legal community and has been awarded numerous accolades recognizing his devotion to the law. For his clients, he uses his formidable cumulative knowledge and world-spanning experiences to effectively turn their real into as close to their ideal as legally possible. He has been a poet most his life, having self-published a volume in 1993 by honour of his patron father. more…

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