Its lonely on your own



The time is spent.
The end has come.
Seems a little pointless now.
All that time and effort.

Gone like water down a drain.
That little whirlwind in the sink.
So fast and free.
Then gone.

Wondering what to do.
Its lonely on your own.
Its lonely on your own.

The time has come.
Decide where your life should go.
I feel so old.
Too much life too quickly.

Drained and worn out.
Too tough.
When the going gets rough.
Maybe you should have run away.

The time is spent.
The end has come.
Seems a little pointless now.
All that time and effort.
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Submitted on July 13, 2017

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCD xxex xFF bxxe xggx ABCD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 514
Words 104
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4

Alan Paton

Hi im a 32 year old poet from the UK, I use to write most poetry on paper and leave it all over my bedroom where it would eventually end up in the bin, i was a little shy and didnt like people reading it. It wasnt untill my mother found loads of it when i moved out of home and pointed out actually most of them were pretty good. So i signed up on here 11 years ago and starting letting other people read it, not only did people read it but they seem to like it, after a long period of either not writing any or writing small bits and throwing them in the bin i am back. I hope you enjoy my poetry and can give me constuctive feedback. more…

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