I Never Asked
I never asked to be alive,
I never had a dream to strive
I was never happy to just survive
I never had a place to thrive
I did enough to make it through
I did the best I felt I could do
if offered the chance to try again
I would use my voice to stand up and complain
I was never as good as I could be
I had may faults no one else could see
I was true to all others except for me
I was a good friend to the rest they know,
the choice that I make is the choice to go.
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Submitted by R.William on December 02, 2018
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 461 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 2 |
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