Going Down?
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Falling is embarrassing
It puts the weak to shame
No matter who it happens to
There's no one else to blame
It always looks like tragedy
Whenever it occurs
But many times it's not like that
It's healing for our hurts
Too many times we carry things
we were not made to bare
And falling makes us let them go
So, we can finally share
You're in a storm that will not fade
and does not go away
It only will intensify
the longer here we stay
BUT
The root of bitterness cannot prosper
Where the seed of love is sown!
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Written on July 26, 2011
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB XCXC XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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