Labeled A Fool



I'm simply labeled a fool for
trying to help my fellow man.
And constantly criticized,
a puppet without a plan.

They say my time is squandered,
tending to the sick and weak.
Why care for such vagabonds,
they're best left on the street?

They insist I play their game,
and adopt their point of view.
Surely I must be crazy,
to worry the way I do.

They warn me not to trust losers,
their misery was meant to be.
And for those who love you not,
walk on by like you don't see.

Why suffer another's pain,
they ask of me every day?
And yet if I believe God,
there isn't any other way.
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Submitted on October 09, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XXXX XBCB XCXC XDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 558
Words 114
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Emile Pinet

I was born in a small town, (Bathurst) New Brunswick, Canada,. The third eldest of thirteen children, ten girls and three boys. I’m the product of a semi-dysfunctional family, brought up by a controlling, physically abusive father, verses a loving mother. Many of my poems reflect the uniqueness and special circumstances of my upbringing. more…

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