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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Dan Jeffrey Hyde 1968 (Harris County Texas)

March 24 
Shaped
Here today
gone tomorrow
along with our happiness
and our sorrow

Our seeds are planted
then we grow
living, some thriving
by what we know

Days, weeks, months
then years
we savor our laughter
and dry our tears

In the sunshine
and through the rain
we pray our existence
is not in vain

Along with our happiness
and our sorrow
here today
gone tomorrow

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Written on March 28, 2024

Submitted by danh48127 on March 28, 2024

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Scheme ABCB xbxb xxxx xdxd CBAB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 352
Words 68
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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