BULLET KILLS



I always think dying only comes by stabbing the neck,
Or by involving in a drastic accident that takes one's breath,
Or been cursed by nature with an incurable illness,
Some that cause blindness and some that drop one to silence.

Some illness so greedy they drain the pocket,
Some so generous they help in buying  a casket,
But how naive was i to think dying only comes by reaching ninety,
How naive was i to think only death kills abruptly,
How naive was i not to know words can be a bullet,
How naive was I not to know that bullet kills.

About this poem

The poem centers around the use of words and how effective they can be in one’s life, depending on how they are been constructed. They can be stitch’s and bandage that nurse the wound or they can be the blade that creates one.

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Written on June 04, 2022

Submitted by Godfreyosetakha on October 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AABBAX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 540
Words 113
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 6

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My name is Godfrey osetakha I am twenty three years of age and I am currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in history and international relations. I don’t have a specific genre of writing but I do more of dark humor, love and death. writing to me is an expression of different feelings arranged beautifully into stanzas and lines. more…

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