Trying to Cheat Death

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



To the young and daring

trying to beat destiny
and cheat fate

being reckless and daring

is a stage in life for some
in that i can relate

In the balance of life
Between love and hate

though
even heroes can only laugh
In the face of death

Until they run out
of breath

C2


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Written on 2020

Submitted by Charles2 on October 08, 2023

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Scheme A XB A XB CB XXD XD C
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 303
Words 71
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1

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