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A puppet on a string.

dianejean57 1957 (Swansea, MA)

Free verse
The puppet on a string.

You give me the hope that I need and the help to cope with it. Without you by my side, who am I? Just a puppet on a string with nowhere to go; please take the strings and show me where I should go. Only you know the way, and you don't make any mistakes, for heaven's sake. I'm at your command, so take the strings so I may walk again.

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This poem is about me being disabled and I cannot walk. I'm like a puppet on a string.

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Written on February 01, 2024

Submitted by Dianejean57 on February 01, 2024

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Characters 359
Words 78
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 1
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