The Game of Life



A rough Day,
A rough life,
It's the name of my game,
It's the game of life.

Each day is a fight,
A fight for my family,
Each day I give my life,
I even give my sanity.

I wake in the morning,
I breathe that first breath,
I pray to the lord,
That I mark my first step.

Into the bathroom,
I paint on my face,
The one that will get me,
Through another day.

As I go through the day,
I get spat on and bit,
But I promise each day,
I will never, ever quit.

If there is one thing in life,
I have ever learned to do,
Is fight back till I'm dead,
Never give an inch, don't be subdued.

 The rules of the game,
Are dirty as you like it,
Twist the rules your way,
and fight the dirty fight.

No one is going to hold your hand,
Nobody is going to cry a tear,
When you fail the game of life,
Get your *ss back up and wipe your own d*mn tears.

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Submitted on November 16, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCB DEBE XXXX XXEA AFAF BXXX CFAD XXBX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 805
Words 179
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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