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This Is For You

Zaakira Ebrahim 1985 (Johannesburg)

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A baby came home one day to you
A child of God and yours
For a borrowed time
With love and sweetness

Can she know how much you love her
Can she sense your fear if she was hurt

She does not know your feelings
For she is small and innocent
A love between you, so sweet and natural
A love so pure

- Zaakira

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This poem is for my parents

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Written on January 24, 2022

Submitted by ebrahimzaakira on January 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX XX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 317
Words 78
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4
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