Would-be
If I am in pain
would you care?
If I want to die
do you care?
It is not so easy
to stand firm in the force
of human rules and laws
which are only looking for
My capacity for work
to earn money with useless jobs
it has nothing do to whatsoever
with the purpose I'm heading for
Sometimes I'm jealous
when a person dies
because I know that person
is freed of earthly strife
I know things will get better
but life always takes its time
to unfurl me a lesson
like renewing the way I live
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Submitted by Jet-Rood on April 20, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XAXA XXXB XXCB XXDX CXDX |
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 99 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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