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A Father to His Son



Watch your ways my son
Be careful not to fall
Listen to your heart
Only you can hear it call

Now, I'm not always right
But I'll never steer you wrong
And those going to hell
Will want to bring you along

But listen to me boy
And listen to me clear
There's nothing in this world
That you should ever fear

For fear leads men to hate
And hate leads men to kill
Because when evil gets a taste
It will never have its fill

Now this one thing I know
There are many nets to cast
But in this wicked world
Love is all we have

So give more than you take
And take only what you need
You will starve your appetite
If you feed it with your greed

And don't judge what is broken
My son, you are broken too
You see, lives are all just pieces
Find the ones that fit in you
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Submitted on October 31, 2013

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Scheme ABXB CDXD XEFE XGXG XXFX XHCH AIXI
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 753
Words 158
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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