As The Ball Falls
As The Ball Falls 1962 (Bristol)
A new beginning, a fresh start
A time to heal the broken heart.
The world awaited the ball to fall,
With an undying urgency felt by all.
As you write your resolutions,
Remember some are mere solutions
To a past year of sorrows and fears,
While others have been festering for years
Like losing weight and getting wealthier,
While others just want to be healthier.
But for many of us change is real,
As our county and world try to heal
From an invisible, devastating illness
That left so many helpless
And took so many lives
Forcing others to barely survive.
For the front liners compensation never came,
But we bravely carried on all the same
At last a vaccine offers a slim glimmer of hope
To the vast majority still trying to cope.
As 2020 came to an end,
Our grieving world we need to mend
This year 2021 we need to pause and look aside
To answers only our dear Lord can provide
Lisa Miles
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Submitted by autumn331 on May 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG XX HH II JJ KK |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 872 |
Words | 167 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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