Come alive

Riaan Smit 1988 (Windhoek)



Bent my mind
And it won’t bend back
I have walked down a one way track
Now I'm feeling, and breathing lord
I'm alive, I'm alive!

I’ve been all caught up in this mindless magical maze
Not where to go because there's more than a million ways
If i live until die, let me die with my life
Until my time is over I'm alive

Life I have
I hold dear
Even when
It's all unclear
How I
How I will survive
All I know, is I’m alive
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Written on December 21, 2018

Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAXB CCXB XDXDXBB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 426
Words 92
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 7

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