Grand Finale
No use walking in sorrow now,
the world is often cold;
But somehow we get on with life,
and grow as we get old;
Our youth is spent finding how to live,
and why we made mistakes;
The hurried days and wilder nights,
never teach us how to give;
Regrets won't change the past for us,
it's time to step up and take,
A measure of responsibility,
for whatever trouble we've made;
It's the last of our years here on this earth,
and God is truly forgiving;
But those we love need our kind words,
so without us they can go on living;
Believing in us as we say goodbye,
to face the world's reality;
And secrets are no longer kept,
as we sail off into the sky;
This is our chance for redemption,
a grand finale of our stay;
Let's confess our faults to all who care,
to see our sins firmly washed away.
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Submitted on October 20, 2015
Modified on March 20, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEFGHIJKLMNMOJPOQRSR |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 766 |
Words | 155 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
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