I Refuse



I refuse to go down to the pit.
I refuse to let my mind be depress.
I refuse to give my talents and gifts rest.
I refuse not to be the best.
I refuse to feel defeated again.
I refuse to give in.

I refuse to be sick.
I refuse to give my enemies authority over me.
I refuse to let my soul be wounded.
I refuse to just lie down and die.
I refuse to quit.

I refuse to get angry and have fits.
I refuse to be scared to shine.
I refuse to give the enemy my mind.
I refuse to be use for evil.
I refuse to not see and hear with God spiritual eyes and ears.

I refuse to be but in a category, for I am unique.
I refuse to feel bad because you don’t know who I am.
Go to God for the answers to define me;
because, God created me different,
and only He can describe to you, who I am.
Because I refuse all of this!
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBBXX XCXXA XXXXX XDCXDX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 782
Words 174
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 5, 6

Angela Lorine Smith

Born in Atlanta, Georgia to the parents of Leo and Paulette Sheats on February 9, 1965, the third child in a family of five. She started to write poetry at the age of 11. Angela love reading, writing and computers, from programming computers, troubleshooting them, writing blogs, website etc. She is a daughter, mother, wife and grandmother. more…

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