Surrender
Reached the bottom
Nowhere further to dig
Powerless
Had no answers
Something beyond "I"
The answers are to big
Believe
Release this bondage of self
Relinquish control to life's gig
Turn it over
Past's dark doors opened
With the courage to face
What demons that may trig
Fearless inventory
In the presence of the trilogy
Purge your dirty laundry
Freeing yourself of burdens
Admitted wrongs
Come a point
Where these shackles
You no longer need
Ready to remove
At foot of bed
Bend down and plead
To that beyond the "I"
To remove all that makes you bleed
Humbly ask
Gather the names of those
Caught in your wake
Made a list
To them give back
What wasn't yours to take
Atone
With burden shed
Self removed
Feel the peace that you've never knew
Conscious contact
With gift in hand
Tale in tow
Go and share all you know
Carry the message
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Submitted by 12StepBuddhist on August 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X A X B A X A X X X A C C X X X D X E D B D X F X X F E X X G G X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 885 |
Words | 154 |
Stanzas | 33 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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