why I'm here?
howard bass 1970 (lubbock,texas)
why I'm here I do not know,
I feel like a fish in a very small bowl,
nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,
no one to love by my side,
I just want to fly, fly away,
maybe come back on a better day,
if I died would anyone care,
would their love for me disappear somewhere?
so many questions but no one to ask,
I just want to break this ugly glass,
so, for now I guess I'll go for the simple reason
I may never know........
WHY IM HERE?
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watching my daughters fish swim in a little bowl while my marriage was crashing
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Written on October 10, 2010
Submitted by bubbab.12104 on July 09, 2022
Modified by bubbab.12104 on July 09, 2022
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFGHAI |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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