Life in the Fast Lane
Kim Spivey 1957 (New York)
You were headed for trouble, messing with drugs.
Trying hard to be popular with so-called thugs.
Skipping school here and there, hanging out on the streets.
Little did you know what trouble you would meet.
Faster than lightning and moving with speed.
But now you are gone away from us, why didn't you heed?
About this poem
This poem reflects on the consequences for making bad choices in one's life.
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Written on October 04, 2012
Submitted by kimba75 on June 08, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 306 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
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