New Voices
Nobody knew me,
and that was my choice
The distance I kept
protecting my voice
Though others had promised,
their words fell in vain
My spirit untarnished
whose breath I lay claim
My heart often suffered
the pain I’d been caused
But a force pulled me inward,
all hurt left on pause
This pathway my own,
its direction so clear
Where alone I must travel
—new voices to hear
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 25, 2018
Modified on March 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA BA CX BX DX DX XX XX C |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 414 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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