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Sorrow

Brad Van Conant II 1974 (Croswell)

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What if I said I was contemplating suicide?
Would you believe me...? What if it was a lie?
I just couldn't control myself inside!
How do I get past what's keeping me bound?
My one, my all, they're flipping me upside down.
Are these only the fringes of a fallacy on which I lean...?
It seems I'm teetering dangerously on the edge of a broken dream. If time had a limit, I would be on its brink...
a disaster in waiting, I can't help but think.
Tomorrow's never promised, this we all know well,
but living life through sorrow, it becomes a living hell...

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Depression occasionally affects most of us and I'm no exception. Writing helps me deal with it when it comes...

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Written on January 18, 2021

Submitted by Brad_II on August 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABACDEFFGG
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 544
Words 104
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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