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I Lie

Tony Thompson 1992 (Illinois)

Free verse
Life lied to me
then I started to lie
mom left me with only a bye
grief came to me, and so I cry
blame plagues me, and so I lie

Life lies to me
and now I lie
strife clings to me, hear my sigh
peace evades me, god's reply
afraid to look up, forgetting  the sky

Life lies to me
now living a lie
laying down, ready to die
if death comes for me, how will cry
love escapes me because I was a lie

About this poem

This poem is a reflection on how I started to lie.

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Submitted by thompson08jr on October 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abbbb Abbbb Abbbb
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 393
Words 90
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
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