One Day At A Time
One Day At A Time
I’m still alive
Though not intact
I strive and strive
To stay on track
I try, I fail
I try again
I need to heal
It never ends
The coarse was set
With little wind
My sails a net
It’s hard to win
LIke a tattoo
One stain at a time
What I’ve accrued
Is pain in my prime
I work what I got
With smiles and grins
I want to give up
But fight giving in
So on I’ll go
One day at a time
I’ll go on to
Life’s finish line
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Submitted by BlancoBilly on March 16, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A bxbx xxxx cxcd eaxa xxxd xAex |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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