LIFE

Debbie Middaugh AKA TURBO1904 1963 (San Diego, CA.)



 When you're at your
Lowest of lows.
  We all know how
The story goes.

  Down on your luck,
Can't catch a break.
  No matter what,
Can't get a fair shake.

  Depression eats away,
At the sane mind.
  Physical dexterity,
On the decline.

  The mind full of dark
Thoughts and things.
  Can't even fly with
These broken wings.

  I sit and ponder, what
Will become of me.
  Held captive by
The powers that be.

  Sixty years old and
All alone.
  I rented a room,
Don't have a home.

  Never expected to be
Old and solo.
  Even the LONE Ranger
Had Tonto.

  Yet, here I am solo
And lonely.
  All alone a one
Trick pony.

  I did not see old
Age coming.
 Life just keeps,
Things humming.

  Turbo1904♥

About this poem

The ups and the downs of this life.

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Written on September 04, 2022

Submitted by Turbo1904 on September 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBCB XXDX XEXE CDXD XXXX DFXC FDXD XGXG
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 703
Words 162
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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