A REASON NOT TO GIVE IN
What everybody needs
Is a reason to go living,
What everybody wants
Is a reason not to give in.
It's a very hard world
So very hard to make good in,
It seems easier by far
To forget it all and give in.
But you have to try
To find some way,
Just to make it through
Yet another day.
Every day is harder
Harder than the day before,
And just staying alive
Is becoming such a chore
But hold on to what
You have -- hold to life,
Fight for your reason
Yes, and fight for your rights.
Though we try to keep ongoing
At times it's too hard,
And at times it seems best
To let chance slip past,
But I know there's a reason
A reason still to try,
So reach for that dream now
Before it slips by.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About this poem
So many times in my life, I have considered giving in, and ending my life.
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Written on February 14, 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
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Words | 152 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 8, 8, 3 |
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