My Life as an Apple

Hailey Miles 2005 (Oklahoma City)



As I await to bloom,
I can't help but be filled with perpetual gloom,
As the Earth revolves,
My confidence dissolves,  
I'm an outcast it's my dreaded fate,
As I await.

 I wait hours, closed on my tree,
I bloom as beautiful as the rest,
My pollen spreads, the wind blows me,
My petals fall, an apple to me is blessed.

 I am a plump and juicy fruit,
Like a man in a bright red suit,
Disregarded by the birds and bees,
Pick me, please,
My time has come,
You win some, you lose some.

 Rotted by the sun and dropped by my tree,
Is this what fate intended for me?
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Written on April 23, 2018

Submitted by Snacksophone on July 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCC DEDE FFGGHH DD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 565
Words 131
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 6, 2

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