SAILING



All my life
Seems like I've been on a boat
Drifting
Rocking
Sometimes floating still
Voyaging different waters
Never committing
To drop anchor
At any port in my life
Afraid
I would stop sailing

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Written on May 09, 2023

Submitted on May 09, 2023

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Scheme ABCCDECFAGC
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Characters 193
Words 34
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11

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  • luisestable1
    One reading one could give to this poem is that this person is always on the go, a busy life when it comes to action and he or she is afraid to take a break from all of that.
    Good read!
    LikeReply1 year ago

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