Insurance Can’t Protect You
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Although I do the best I can
I just can’t seem to get ahead
It’s one step forward two steps back
It’s perseverance that I lack
Though I don’t want to suffer more
Great trials will find me this I’m sure
They’ll follow me across the earth
Until I’ve finished giving birth
To hope and love with great endurance
Of this I now have God’s assurance
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Written on July 26, 2012
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 362 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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