Alone I reflect on the best of things!



The dreams, of love, have set, me free!
 While growing, under, my, willow, tree!
I've, learned, to breathe!
 Good thoughts, do mend!
I am, Egyptian, by birth right, yet, Israeli, I bleed!
 I see, beyond, the land, of dope!
A place, where, kids, have dreams, and hope!
 Where, God, is good, and, life, is true!
There, virtues, are, cherished, and, appreciated, it's, due!
 Here, color, will, not, matter, only, character, and, manners!
Liberty, shines, in every, window, and, keeps, guard, at every, carriage!
 The oatmeal, is plentiful, and, made, from, scratch, with, real, vanilla, and, brown, syrup!
There, people, speak!
 No, bad, day, is ignored!
The elderly, are, cared, for, the children, raised, right!
 You, are rewarded, to do, good!
Even, though, some, will, say, "otherwise"!
 Yet, please, just know, it's, your, choice, wrong, or right!
At, the end, of, your, day, if, you think, towards, something, and, smile, your, child, getting, an award!
 Better, even, hugging, you, just, to smile!
You, are, blessed!
 You've, been, granted, the best, of life!
Cherish, every, moment, love, deep, and grab, at that, sky!
 Pick up, that, star, and, most, of all, let, the one, in you, fly!

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Rising to the occasion, life, destined, to ordaine, to me!

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Submitted by devonb.14033 on August 09, 2024

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Scheme AABCDEEFFGHIJKLMNLKOPQRR
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,193
Words 218
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24

Devon Bates

I was born in Norfolk Virginia! Then I moved to Fayetteville North Carolina were I was raised and I reside today! I have kids and I am divorced! I am 41 I was born on July 18 1980! I love being a cancer I love who I am and God! more…

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