handyman
I was a fool to say
that I'm not afraid to die
What if I cross over
and you're not on the other side?
All those times you'd pray
to make some sense of life
Savor shreds of faith
as you wait for the reply
There are times I would imagine
that a family waits within
that this home was never broken
that the voices are my wayward kin
but it's just the television
just a vivid delusion
If I were a handyman
I'd fix the cracks
tip my hat
on the way out the door
I wouldn't let you suffer
I wouldn't let you settle for...
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCXAXXB DEDEDD XXXFCF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 6 |
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