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I want to be happy

Taleshia G MCcray

Why am I so unhappy?
Why do i always cry?
Sometimes i sit and wonder.
I'm always crying
every night and day.
I cry over everything.
I cry just because.
I cry because i'm sad.
I cry because i hurt.
I prayer you don't walk way
from me.
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Submitted on January 15, 2010

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Scheme ABCDEDFGHEA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 223
Words 48
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
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