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NOT JUST AGING

Medego Sewedo. A 2001 (Lagos)

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NOT JUST AGING

My heart's pervaded with ecstatic tone;
I am aging.
Carefully that I may  not fall again.
Life of many wandering
Pains carefully crawl in my heart
Here is Hell I say.
But Lo!
Wining it in a widening way;
More and more and It spread grow
For I’ll shake the trembling gate of hell,
I am not just aging,
But growing stronger.
Aren’t ye the Baby
That wanders in the homie Sand?
Are ye calling me Baby?
I am aging
Not just aging but growing.

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Written on April 17, 2023

Submitted by alimisewedo22 on April 17, 2023

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Scheme a xAxaxbcbcxaxdxdAa x
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 481
Words 108
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 17, 1
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