Just a man ...
Kingsley "The King' Arah 1974 (Delta State)
He walks erect but his should is hurting
He smiles but he is in pain
He raises his hand but fears jail
He counts the cost of everything then he acts cheap
He shouts then he is unhinged
He shuts everything out to kill the noise - he is cold and distant
He takes a kneel - He is disrespectful
Can he just do right just one time?
Carrying on is so hard, when no one loves you.
I know - I am a man
Just a man...
About this poem
About what society expects man to be versus what a man actually is.
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Written on January 24, 2024
Submitted by arahkingsley on January 24, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 407 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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