It Could Have Been



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It Could Have Been...

It could have been me getting shot from all angles
All I planned to do that period was learn about triangles
It could have been my school
Some crazy dude shot people up because he thought it was cool
I could have been me screaming in a corner don’t shoot me
The police helped but I not sure he knew me
I could have been me seeing my friend die
Or see a bullet through me
It’s hard to see people lives go
No not this way by a complete psycho
I could have been me on his vendetta
I don’t understand why he was trying to get us
I could have been me
Some walked,some rode bikes and some took a bus back home
Looks like there’s no going home for us
It could have been me waiting for the tragity to end
Walking out became a trend
Thank god he’s of the streets he’s not here though
Those 17 lives needed a hero

#RIP17 #STANDUP
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Submitted on April 16, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAXXXX X BBCCDDXDEEAFDXFGGEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 903
Words 178
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 1, 19

Mohamed K. Koroma

My name Mohamed K. Koroma and I am a Junior at Sayreville War Memorial High School located in Sayreville, New Jersey. I want to become a musician, and if that doesn't work, I want to become an inspirational speaker. I like sending out deep messages through my poems. I feel like people aren't really aware. Things hurt a lot of people, and although I am a minor, in the area I'm in, some things still hurt me, even though I wasn't there. Poetry is my outlet. I want to send out messages for people to know that they're not alone. I might not have gone through what some people have, but I want to sympathize with them. I write about things that everyone goes through, not only me. I feel like Poetry.net will play a big part in the success of my poems. more…

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