I'm Like The Moth
Do you really want to live forever anyway?
Time is surely precious
But only because we're limited
There's a moth in the kitchen
And as you only think to kill it
There goes the sanctity of life
With everything you set to do
It goes the way He wants it to
But are you sure?
Our winged friend's only got a week here
And you think you're more important? Why?
Nothing's that simple
Sometimes I feel like I'm the moth
Victimized without reason
And certainly limited
You don't think I know about life?
I can assure you,
I do enough to appreciate it
So please,
Don't try to detain my thoughts
They're just as precious as the time
(Written on September 2, 2012)
© Ricky Randall
September 2, 2012
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXA BCD EEX XXF XBA DEC XXX G FG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 664 |
Words | 129 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2 |
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