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Resilience

Yvette Sayles

Independence and discipline.
Beauty and strength.
Contentment and patience are traits that I see in thee.

I commend all of your efforts
To keep your life straight.
To focus on matters
That truly hold weight.

If the words that are spoken don't express what I feel--what I see.

Forgive me I pray.
Know this from the heart.
How much I respect and admire
The person you are.
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Submitted by yvettesayles52 on January 25, 2021

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Scheme XXA XBXB A XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 359
Words 67
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 1, 4
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Yvette Sayles

I write poetry of love, celebration, life, family, pain, death, growth, discrimination, suffering, religion, and substance abuse. I have been writing poetry and short stories since I was 12. Writing allows me to express emotions that I feel and I know others can relate to more…

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