Speak the Truth
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
When you walk in the shoes of man;
The souls keep getting thinner.
And you can’t put your trust in them;
When summer turns to winter.
The worldly things you think are true,
Are often just deceptions.
That’s why you need a filter,
To improve your depth perception!
Take off your shoes and walk on holy ground
To find the answer!
Don’t let a lie destroy your heart.
Consuming you like cancer!
I saw a tree cut down and hollowed out
As I was walking.
And yet from it new branches sprout.
It wasn’t finished talking.
Though it was left for dead along the bank
Of some old creek
The waters woke it up again
And now it wants to speak.
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Written on March 21, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 12, 2022
Modified on March 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXAX XAXA BCBC XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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