Expectations
Waking up in the morning
And what do I see?
I see many blessings that flow, just like a blue stream.
There are people constantly praying, and praying
To live a life like me
But there's people dying and dying
I feel no life in me
I wonder what,
It's like to fly high
In the sky
I know, it's not my time
To fly high in the sky
But expectations run in me
Expectations run so deep.
About this poem
This poem is about how some people want to live a life like someone else, but don't realize the pain they go through because of something known as expectations.
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Written on November 05, 2022
Submitted by fleurissaintj.d on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABX ABAB XCC XCBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 380 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 4 |
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