Sometimes
Sometimes I’m drunk
Sometimes I’m stoned
Sometimes I’m tired
Of being alone
Sometimes I’m up
Sometimes I’m down
Sometimes misguided
Just hangin’ around
Every day’s another day of making choices
One more chance to grab what you can get
Nobody wants to hear if you’re dishearted
Or you’re walking…on a wire…without a net
Sometimes I’m bad
Sometimes I’m good
Sometimes I don’t
Even if I should
Sometimes I’m right
Sometimes I’m wrong
Sometimes the music
Ain’t the right song
My picture puzzle’s missing pieces
Kept on my mantle yesterday
You help me find another vision
And throw my…broken puzzles…away
Sometimes I’m up
Sometimes I’m down
I’m just damn lucky
That you’re still around
About this poem
Wrote whimsically with a guitar in my hand to a challenge from my oldest, Kasey, saying something like “Why haven’t you written anything in 10 years?” This popped out. Simple…without the agony of every word that I’m sure most of you know. Don’t judge me on this, just (hopefully) enjoy :)
Written on September 23, 2023
Submitted by GregLanier on November 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaxxBCxd efaf xgagxhxh eixi BCxd |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 732 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 8, 4, 4 |
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