Shaken baby
I did not ask you to be born
I'm now an object of your scorn
I irritate you when I cry
Please don't shake me; I might die
In ICU I lie in bed
I cannot think my brain is dead
A ventilator helps me breathe
Sometimes my body starts to seize
Dilated pupils I can't blink
Into a coma I slowly think
The outcome of your violent act
I can't recover, a tragic fact
Social service now reports this crime
In jail you surely will do time
So if you shake me I may die
I leave this earth and wonder why
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Submitted on August 10, 2017
Modified on April 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDEFFGGHHBB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 474 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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