When You Lose Your First Child

Michael Nicodemus 1969 (Gresham, Oregon)



When you lose your first child,
And you realy miss him;
You just want to go wild,
But you know he was a special gem.

Now all you want to do is just give up,
But you know you have a friend out there;
You know he can keep you up
‘Cause he truly does care.

That first child was bery special to you,
And if he wasn’t, you would’ve left him;
But he loved and needed you,
So, you kept that terrific gem.

You had someone to cherish for a lifetime,
But now the time is gone;
So, you need a friend to help you through the hard times,
And a friend you can always count on.

Somebody wants to be your friend,
And help you in the time of need;
He knows he can be a good friend,
And do a good deed.

Michael J. Nicodemus
July 11, 1989
Revised August 6, 2020
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Submitted by michaeln.78865 on February 05, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAC DEDE FBFC XXGX HIHI GXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 726
Words 155
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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