Life is Like a Shadow
Ronald-L-Bunch-Jr 1982 (Grand Rapids)
Life is like a shadow.
It follows behind you,
Old age catches you,
It stretches,
It shrinks.
Cute as a rabbit,
Innocent like a butterfly,
Scary as a monster.
You can't hold it in your arms forever,
It passes with the day,
You watch it fly, you say bye.
You find your more than mold,
A sculpture from heaven.
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Submitted by RonaldBunch on January 01, 2021
Modified on April 19, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 59 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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