"Unto you I look"



Echoes still echo, but unto you I look,
Friends leave, but unto you I still look,
If my family also leaves, who will I really run to?
I still ask myself, "Is this all there is to life?"
How long till I finally wear a smile?
So many chants only when you're gone,
The best part is how they always chant their song.
Hero to the masses, only when immersed in the earth,
From dust to ashes, there you'll find many friends.
Beautiful smiles, but deceit within,
Ten feet deep, and you're no longer a king.
Gone forever, buried in the earth
How long will you celebrate another soul only when they're dead?
 
 
 
 
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Written on April 11, 2023

Submitted by essambehs_l on April 11, 2023

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEFGHIJGK
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 609
Words 129
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

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