WHERE I WAS BORN

Scubie albie 1960 (Aboukir)



This was a place I was born in
But I know not of,hidden in the darkest facade
Of our surroundings is the brutal gangs that terrorize
The innocent ,,illtreat the old and unprotected tear family
Apart and destroy the hope of the ambitious ,,
Welcome to the island of paradise trod carefully
For deep within these community lies traps of sorrow
Distraction and men of little hearth just enough to survive
Today,,


About this poem

Written. In a date, about the present waves of crime and corruption gangs that has taken over this Caribbean island of my birth,,,honest truth,,,,

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Written on December 23, 2021

Submitted by Ras61 on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEDFGH
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 421
Words 83
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

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