Is it left or is it right?
Is it left or is it right
Both of them just seem so right
Both of them I feel drawn to
Both I know that I can do
It's so hard for me to choose
I am so afraid to lose
For each action has a price
So I'm trying to be wise
What compounds the issue more
Are the ones that I adore
Telling me I can't do either
And should stop and take a breather
How can I explain to them
The kind of person that I am
When in truth with all I know
There is nothing I can show
What I sense, what I perceive
Isn't what most people see
No amount of explanation
Can relieve this situation
So I sit and mediate
Knowing that for now I wait
Asking only that the light
Show me if it's left or right.
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Submitted on August 27, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE XXFF XXGG HHAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 145 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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