Papa In The Grave, Mama On The Wheelchair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFAGH IJKL MNOPA IKQRIK STUII VOUWSo the little girl heard that night | A |
Words of hatred papa uttered | B |
First gun shot from the bedroom | C |
More gun shots fired | B |
So the little girl closed her ears | D |
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Tears down the little girl s cheeks flowed | E |
Too scared to shout for help | F |
Papa thoughtlessly shot mama that night | A |
Then turned the gun on himself | G |
Misinformed was papa by a friend | H |
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Tragedy took my papa away from me | I |
Death stole my papa too soon | J |
Grave in cruelty swallowed my papa | K |
Alas who will help me now | L |
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Papa taught me how to read | M |
It was papa who taught me how to swim | N |
Papa watched me play in the garden | O |
Papa carried me on his shoulders | P |
Papa put me to bed every night | A |
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Papa went to the grave early | I |
Grave opened its mouth for my papa | K |
Earth opened her mouth for papa s blood | Q |
Mama now on wheelchair bound she is | R |
Fighting limitations of disability | I |
No friend available for my mama | K |
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Oh how I wish I could do something | S |
Perhaps a little prayer I should have prayed | T |
Papa would have been alive today | U |
To watch me graduate from varsity | I |
To walk me down the aisle when I marry | I |
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Papa will not see me grow up | V |
Not sure if papa made it to heaven | O |
A haste decision papa took that day | U |
Shedding blood destroying his life | W |
Doreen C Mampani
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 10/26/2021
Poet's note: I wrote this poem in 2017 and published it in my book entitled "Nobody Thinks About Me But I Must Think About Them". This poem is based on what people do under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
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