What Could Have Been
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
The weight of failure hangs heavy
On my tired, beaten shoulders.
I hesitate, unsure and unsteady,
Floundering in the face of loss.
I try to keep my head up high,
But sometimes it feels like the dome
Is crushing down upon me,
Mocking my efforts to succeed.
Through the haze of disappointment,
I see the ghosts of missed chances,
Remnants of what could have been
If only I had been a little braver.
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Written on May 20, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 20, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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