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Walk toward heaven

Kelley Davies

The long walk uphill

Creates fear and stress

I cling to the side of the mountain in duress

My life has lost all of the belonging I once felt

I blame the other

Create chaos with mother

Stare loud down the end of a shotgun barrel praying for the trigger to pull off and blast me off into that awesome other place
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Written on June 10, 2023

Submitted by kbdallas2020 on May 29, 2023

Modified by kbdallas2020 on June 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X A A X B B X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 318
Words 70
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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