YOU CAN!



Running so fast,
in the race you don't know;
Sad for the past,
mistakes happened long ago.

Hope for the future,
your loved ones
and the things you love to do;
You're the master
of your own sea
and you can prove it too.

About this poem

I was feeling down so I wrote it, to embrace and motivate myself.

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Written on March 11, 2025

Submitted by watson_haziee_25 on March 11, 2025

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Scheme ABAB CXDCXD
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Characters 219
Words 51
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 6

HAZEL WATSON

 · 2005 · Glasgow

I was 14 when I first discovered my talent in poetry, since then I've been unstoppable. more…

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