'Goodbye'
I said no to the man,
and made my own bed
I cut my own trail,
with eyes straight ahead
In debt to myself,
but thankful to all
My words freely spoken,
their verdict my call
I beat my own rhythm,
on multiple drums
I structured the lyrics,
to sing and to hum
The nighttime began,
what the mornings forgave
A living refusal,
my back to the grave
The years have renewed,
all memories collide
What was old, what was young,
the truth and the lies
A comet yet burning,
new verse in the sky
One word still an orphan,
and homeless,
—‘GOODBYE’
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 23, 2017
Modified on March 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AB XB XC DC EX XE AF XF XX XX XG DXG X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 576 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1 |
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