Asking About...



the poison of life,
 making for the strife,
 thoughts from the unknown,
 weeds surrounding a seed sown...

 each person different,
 a mind for rent,
 battling the unseen,
 searching love serene...
...
 how far from the mind; I must go,
 to a realm I yet not know,
 tasting each bitter fruit of the land,
 trying to just understand...

 simplicity; if common sense is used,
 street smart abused, many confused,
 as I look into the heart,
 differently all are torn apart...

 some born with riches,
 other digging ditches,
 many starving,
 a hearts carving...

 cut by lifes knife,
 poisoned with its strife,
 suffering in pain,
 what must a soul gain...?

 to be true,
 to forgive,
 each day due,
 hard it can be to live...

 hope;
 a bridge connecting faith to love,
 over troubled waters,
 below all the above,
 knowing what really matters...
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Submitted on March 01, 2017

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Scheme AABB XXCC DDEE FFGG HHII AAJJ KXKX XLMLM
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 804
Words 138
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 9, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5

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