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Take Charge (alternate version)

Chris Pearson 1977 (Winnipeg)

I could be your weakness
The kind you fight to get strong
You're right and I'm wrong

I'll be a challenge to meet
A villain to defeat

A bad habit to break
Just another mistake

A time in your life that went on
For much too long

Since there was nowhere for me to go
It was up to you to go away, so
You can blame today for tomorrow

But I want you to know

That the only thing in your way
Was you

And I was the one that let you go
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Submitted on January 20, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAA BB CC XA DDD D XX D
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 409
Words 94
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1
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