Prayer of Wisdom



I pray for man
to understand
I know you hear his cry
his tears are wept, but never kept
yet no one knows just why.

I pray for man
to understand,
and listen to his sigh
to see the son when fights are won
by never asking why

I pray for man
to understand.
His sorrows are a spell
profound and deep, he shouldn't keep
a simple piece of Hell.
if all the prayers were His tears,
they'd fill a wishing well

I pray for man
to understand
the only WORD to tell.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABcxc ABcxc ABdxdxd ABd
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 432
Words 93
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 7, 3

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