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Braveheart

Nickolas Alexander Anderson 2005 (Baltimore)

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Vultures circling in the air,
Seems death is near for someone fit
I bang my sword on my shield and cry
At least I am heroic today
If not tomorrow,
Death isn’t when the heart stops
it’s when you feel you’re robbed of it
And it leaves you with some choices.
So that’s when I charged into battle
And fate said my odds we’re scary
And I marched on like a narcissist
Not because I don’t value life
But because I do.

About this poem

This poem was written about 2 weeks ago after a meditation session, so it comes from the heart, from the soul.

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Written on April 14, 2024

Submitted by Nickolaianderson818 on April 27, 2024

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Scheme ABCDEFBGHIJKL
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 423
Words 86
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
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Nickolas Alexander Anderson

Hello there I’m Nickolas Anderson. I am from Baltimore, MD currently living in District Heights, MD. I'm 18 years old I recently discovered poetry and it has opened my mind since. My first poem I read was by Khalil Gibran-Defeat and at the time I remember sympathizing with the poem being though I'm this 17 year old kid who’s overweight with no since of purpose or direction and a lot of anger. Constantly I felt complacent heading nowhere, now I’ve currently lost about 50 lbs and gained it all back in discipline with a new since of purpose and direction along with it. more…

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