2020/12/05 ~ America's Unheard Million
Cheyenne Seaman 2003 (Philadelphia)
Dashed upon the rocks,
drowning far from sea,
America's unheard million
make their silent plea.
A needle's in his arm.
He's shooting up another line.
Just to escape the pain,
he's always living for another high.
Turned away from door to door,
now livin' in the streets;
Kicked out from her home,
there goes another pregnant teen.
He's fighting day-to-day
against abusive guardians.
Hiding back in the dark
is America's unheard million.
She's got a bottle in her hand,
another in the other.
She's got bright red lipstick on,
being sold out by someone's brother.
Bloodied fists, blackened eyes,
their making street-friend ties.
America's unheard million
are just barely scraping by.
Cardboard boxes turned into homes,
darkened nights and feeling alone;
America's unheard million speak out,
their words chillin' to the bone.
Torrential rains, blizzard snow;
searching for help wherever they go.
The unheard million are searching
for warmth and love to know.
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Submitted by RoseofVenus on January 07, 2021
Modified by RoseofVenus on August 14, 2021
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Scheme | xaBa xxxc xxxx xxxb xdxd eeBc xfxf ggxg |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 973 |
Words | 153 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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