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Validation

Cassandra Pownell 1972 (San Jose)

May 23 
Free verse
Validation

All of your predetermination
Judgement of my situation
Believing I live in procrastination
Or intoxication from the medication

Am I such an aberration
I will not succumb to your allegations
Sit and judge in your congregation
As I drown from love dehydration

On the brink of detonation
In a state of fermentation
Do you have any inclination
Of all my hopes and aspirations

Set on a course for termination
You do not know my tribulations
Look closer upon further examination
Never did I need your validation

About this poem

Working with the homeless population in my area has given me a new understanding of the true feeling of being judged and the misunderstanding they go through in many cases, and how lots of people rush to judgement.

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Written on October 15, 2021

Submitted by cpownell2021 on May 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA ABAA AAAB ABAA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 527
Words 97
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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