The Change of Scenery
Trintity Fairbanks 2004 (Salina, KS)
Growing up in the shackled house
in my hometown
there was nothing more important than family,
but as the years went by,
time seemed to fly
And it seemed as though everything shifted.
The environment changed
and along my estranged father came
and swept me away
from the shackled house
my hometown
the only place I've ever been known to stay
to a new place over an hour away.
The family I've known since birth
seemed far away
time passed
true colors flashed
They left and abandoned me?
Isolated and amongst a crowd of white sheep
There is a black one
That is I
Misinterpreted and misunderstood
an outcast by my own blood
a family by water not relation.
IN this journey of isolation
there has been grief
there have been memories made.
The only ones to stay
to not fall away
are in the back of my mid
at ALL times
When are they leaving me?
About this poem
Inspired by my early teen years to now (the last 6 years) and slam poetry. Wrote this in a little less then 20 minutes for my ap lit class. Class of 2023!! You Know!! Theme=Grief/Isolation
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Written on February 23, 2023
Submitted by trintity10 on March 03, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDDE XXFABFF XFXXC XGDXEG GXX FFXXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 844 |
Words | 173 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 5, 6, 3, 5 |
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