Tribute To Billy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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What happened to you BillyA
Have always wondered reallyA
How did you dieB
Or is it just a lieB
Please talk to me BillyA
I am worried reallyA
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This is my Billy's storyA
That makes my heart breakC
Nothing can reduce my worryA
My chest as heavy as a brickD
Please talk to me BillyA
I am worried reallyA
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We met in a matatuB
It was kitu saa tatuB
We were strangersE
Mixed up with villagersE
We somehow got to talkF
Finally we still had to walkF
In the same directionG
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
We were all depressedB
Too hard to be impressedB
We got out of the matB
I headed the other directionG
We of course exchanged digitsH
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
From then things weren t the sameI
You made communication an aimI
Checking on me was dutyA
Though my heart was lameI
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
I learnt that you were in militaryA
Based in Mogadishu solitaryA
You were on a leaveJ
To search for your girlfriendB
Who had given up your childB
For adoption to a friendB
You looked disturbedB
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
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I had my problems tooB
Was one month pregnantB
The man behind it gone foreverK
I didn t know what to doB
The conditions were toughL
The times were roughL
I was on job search missionG
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
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You called me oftenG
You gave me a date before you leftB
The date was timelyA
We talkedB
We laughedB
We sharedB
We gave each other hopeM
You told me never to give upN
Especially on my childB
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
You called dailyA
You were consistentB
Your texts were humorousO
The pregnancy moved fasterK
Because of your night lengthy callsP
We had a bondB
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
Distance never kept us apartB
You still spoilt meA
You came to see my sonG
Where he was threeA
Brought him beautiful bright clothesQ
You left by afternoonR
I don t know what I saw in your eyesS
You must have seen it in mine tooB
But no my Billy was a gentlemanG
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
Few days laterK
After return to Solitary MogadishuB
It remains a fearful fateful dayB
You called at midnightB
You were not jovialT
You sounded worriedB
For the st time you stammeredB
You didn t allow me to talkF
You said there was no timeU
You talked as if in painV
The conversation is fresh in my mindB
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
Hey listen MohanaV
I love youB
I have always wantedB
To walk down the aisle with youB
To give you my nameI
To kneel down and ask youB
To carry and mentor my childrenV
Because you are nobleT
I wanted to hold your handB
Look you in the eyeB
Silence the stormW
That took away your happinessO
My heart bled when I saw you cryB
I wanted to give you timeU
I was wrong soldiers got no timeU
I can see your face as a grandmaX
Still beautiful at heartB
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He talked too fastB
Almost whisperingY
I tried to talkF
He continued to talkF
I said I loved himZ
He went offA2
I tried the phoneV
No one pickedB
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
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I called him for monthsB2
The phone still quietB
One year endedB
I sought him in the internetB
Nowhere to be foundB
I sank deep into depressionV
Silently in solitudeB
Two years still no sighB
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
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Three years laterK
I tried callingY
Your phone went throughB
My heart was racingY
Adrenaline risingY
A woman picked your phoneV
She didn t talk muchC2
She asked who was callingY
I am Mohana can I speak to BillyA
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
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She was kindB
She told me Billy was her brotherK
And he passed on years agoD2
I wanted to dieB
I cursed everythingY
I questioned GodB
I wanted to smoke anythingY
To drink my pain awayB
I headed to a clubE2
I broke glassesF2
Fought with lassesF2
I broke my lensesF2
Why did you leave BillyA
I am frustrated reallyA
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Why didn t you say t was time to dieB
Why didn t you postpone deathG2
Why didn t you call me on deathG2
Why don t you appear to meA
Talk to me from the dead BillyA
Why did you leave me aloneV
You are a traitorK
You promised to keep in touchC2
And to be happyA
Why did you leave BillyA
I am frustrated reallyA
-
I command you Billy listen to me wellH2
You will not remain quietB
You got to talk to me tonightB
The cold is tearingY
The silence deafeningY
The solitude so strikingY
No other person understand meA
I am a lonerK
I cannot even risk friendshipI2
I am worriedB
Been left aloneV
No night phone callsF2
No flirty textB
No sign of youB
Where are you BillyA
I am worried reallyA
-
You know somethingY
I am still goingY
Sometimes I day dreamJ2
I see you and IB
You emerge from somewhereK2
You tell me it was a mistakeC
Every time I am aloneV
You appear from the bushL2
Hold my tiny waistB
Swing me around with thoseF2
Muscular soft handsF2
We danceF2
We laughM2
As I am about to hug youB
You disappear i clasp the airK2
My heart get tormentedB
You are too alive in my lifeN2
Where are you BillyA
I am sad reallyA
-
Tempted to tell my son about youB
But he cannot rememberK
Tears come down rollingY
And he asksF2
Why are you crying mummieJ2
I tell him my eyes are rainingY
Every time I think of you BillyA
My eyes rainV
I know you are happy BillyA
I desperately miss you reallyA
-
It is time to release you darlingY
The rare kind hearted soldierK
Military life hadn't hardened thy heartB
You were beautiful at heartB
Handsome in appearanceF2
Remember the day you held my hand in prayerK2
We both criedB
It was deepO2
It might have been our farewellH2
I still feel your hands tight on mineV
I hear the moving prayerK2
You lie in peaceF2
You sleep saintlyA
Sing serenityA
Wherever you are BillyA
I miss you reallyA
-
To my heart you are aliveP2
Though haven t really learntB
The art of mixingY
Your departure gave me solitudeB
The emptiness is way too bigQ2
I wish I attended your funeralT
I asked your sisterK
If I could visit your graveR2
She said NoD2
That kills me BillyA
And worries me reallyA
-
You know whatB
A lot has changedB
I still look beautifulT
My son is handsomeJ2
I definitely look prettyA
Years are moving too fastB
But something has changedB
In my eyes you just see worryA
Fear mistrust and disillusionmentB
Unlike when I looked at youB
The glow radiance in them goneV
Life is hardB
The struggles too toughL
Times sickening roughL
No one understands meA
My eyes are raining againV
Fare thee well BillyA
People like you and me don t say byeB
I will see you again BillyA
I do miss you reallyA
Yours dearly MohanaV

Jerusha Kananu
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