Yesterday
When I went walking yesterday
Tomorrow was not yet today
So without knowing where to go
I set out walking anyway.
First one step and then another.
Stepped again and then discovered...
I did not know where I should go;
only how to get there.
Had no clue what I should do
but could no longer sit there.
Knew I had to,
why I must,
learn to grow,
to come to trust...
Myself
Injustice is as just as justice is
his brother is as thin an apparition and is just as hollow.
Allegiance then is what decides them and
it then divides us by the one we follow.
We must wake up,
we must resist.
No longer can we cower down
shivering under a power found
only in the mists.
We must insist instead
upon the truth.
Water will address the thirst
of anyone who seeks it.
Simply drink it
and be quenched.
The sunshine finds every kind
of sinner and/or saint.
Warms their face
Shines for one as brightly as it does another.
To set the record straight...
Verily I say to thee...
That which has true power dispenses it impartially
About this poem
Reflecting on life and what it means
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Written on September 08, 2020
Submitted by paull.86328 on September 13, 2021
Modified on April 19, 2023
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Scheme | AABA CX BDED EFBFX XBXB XXXXXXX XGGA XXXC XHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 981 |
Words | 192 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 5, 4, 7, 4, 4, 3 |
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