Lost
What do you do
when there's no one to help you?
How can you stand
when there'd nothing to stand on?
What can you do
when the wind knocks you over
and you can't rise up on your own
and there's no one who will or no one who can
lend you a hand?
How can you find your way home
when there's no landmarks and no signs
not even a star or the sun to steer by
and your mind plays tricks on you
as you stumble in the wrong direction?
What can you do
when you walk through chaos
with no one and nothing to guide you?
Who can you turn to
when you're hopelessly lost?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aabcAdefbghiajAkaal |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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