A Strangers Hand
Hearing the sounds sing in the night,
Quiet and peaceful no one in sight,
Thinking of those who've made life real,
Am I too in their thoughts,
What do they feel?
A passing ship that sails in a day,
A planted tree here to stay,
Learning to grow in a world so cruel, Falling down from weakened roots,
A gentle hand reaches down,
Picks the seedling off the ground,
The tree then stands once again,
Stronger from a strangers hand
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Submitted on June 03, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AA BXB CCX XX XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 414 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 3, 2, 2 |
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