It’s Not Fair
It’s not fair
It’s not fair It’s not fair that on your last day I wake up breathing well
It’s not fair It’s not fair that on your last day, I wake up hearing the birds singing
It’s not fair that on your last day I get to go to work.
It’s not fair that on your last day. I experience sunrise.
It’s not fair that on your last day we get to comfort each other.
It’s not fair that I distanced myself
It’s not fair that you didn’t know how much I cared.
It’s not fair that we get to move on
It’s not fair that …
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My dear friend died of cancer
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Written on April 05, 2024
Submitted by davidcook6 on April 06, 2024
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| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 541 |
| Words | 116 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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