the fight



a closed cage lined in thorns
a bird fighting for a chance
the promice of freedom roars

a tear shed
the drawing of the last breath
the light comes just like they said

eneough of the sherade
its done your done im done
the fight won me
the fight won you
the fight won us....
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Submitted on September 25, 2016

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX AXA AXXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 267
Words 55
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 5

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