Tribute To Billy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAA ACADAA BBEEFFGAA BBBGHAA IIAIAA AAJBBBBAA BBKBLLGAA GBABBBMNBAA ABOKPBAA BAGAQRSBGAA KBBBTBBFUVBAA VBBBIBVTBBWOBUUXB BYFFZA2VBAA B2BBBBVBBAA KYBYYVC2YAAA BKD2BYBYBE2F2F2F2AA BG2G2AAVKC2AAA H2BBYYYAKI2BVF2BBAA YYJ2BK2CVL2BF2F2F2M2 BK2BN2AA BKYF2J2YAVAA YKBBF2K2BO2H2VK2F2AA AA P2BYBQ2TKR2D2AA BBTJ2ABBABBVBLLAVABA AVWhat happened to you Billy | A |
Have always wondered really | A |
How did you die | B |
Or is it just a lie | B |
Please talk to me Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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This is my Billy's story | A |
That makes my heart break | C |
Nothing can reduce my worry | A |
My chest as heavy as a brick | D |
Please talk to me Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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We met in a matatu | B |
It was kitu saa tatu | B |
We were strangers | E |
Mixed up with villagers | E |
We somehow got to talk | F |
Finally we still had to walk | F |
In the same direction | G |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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We were all depressed | B |
Too hard to be impressed | B |
We got out of the mat | B |
I headed the other direction | G |
We of course exchanged digits | H |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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From then things weren t the same | I |
You made communication an aim | I |
Checking on me was duty | A |
Though my heart was lame | I |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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I learnt that you were in military | A |
Based in Mogadishu solitary | A |
You were on a leave | J |
To search for your girlfriend | B |
Who had given up your child | B |
For adoption to a friend | B |
You looked disturbed | B |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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I had my problems too | B |
Was one month pregnant | B |
The man behind it gone forever | K |
I didn t know what to do | B |
The conditions were tough | L |
The times were rough | L |
I was on job search mission | G |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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You called me often | G |
You gave me a date before you left | B |
The date was timely | A |
We talked | B |
We laughed | B |
We shared | B |
We gave each other hope | M |
You told me never to give up | N |
Especially on my child | B |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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You called daily | A |
You were consistent | B |
Your texts were humorous | O |
The pregnancy moved faster | K |
Because of your night lengthy calls | P |
We had a bond | B |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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Distance never kept us apart | B |
You still spoilt me | A |
You came to see my son | G |
Where he was three | A |
Brought him beautiful bright clothes | Q |
You left by afternoon | R |
I don t know what I saw in your eyes | S |
You must have seen it in mine too | B |
But no my Billy was a gentleman | G |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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Few days later | K |
After return to Solitary Mogadishu | B |
It remains a fearful fateful day | B |
You called at midnight | B |
You were not jovial | T |
You sounded worried | B |
For the st time you stammered | B |
You didn t allow me to talk | F |
You said there was no time | U |
You talked as if in pain | V |
The conversation is fresh in my mind | B |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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Hey listen Mohana | V |
I love you | B |
I have always wanted | B |
To walk down the aisle with you | B |
To give you my name | I |
To kneel down and ask you | B |
To carry and mentor my children | V |
Because you are noble | T |
I wanted to hold your hand | B |
Look you in the eye | B |
Silence the storm | W |
That took away your happiness | O |
My heart bled when I saw you cry | B |
I wanted to give you time | U |
I was wrong soldiers got no time | U |
I can see your face as a grandma | X |
Still beautiful at heart | B |
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He talked too fast | B |
Almost whispering | Y |
I tried to talk | F |
He continued to talk | F |
I said I loved him | Z |
He went off | A2 |
I tried the phone | V |
No one picked | B |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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I called him for months | B2 |
The phone still quiet | B |
One year ended | B |
I sought him in the internet | B |
Nowhere to be found | B |
I sank deep into depression | V |
Silently in solitude | B |
Two years still no sigh | B |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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Three years later | K |
I tried calling | Y |
Your phone went through | B |
My heart was racing | Y |
Adrenaline rising | Y |
A woman picked your phone | V |
She didn t talk much | C2 |
She asked who was calling | Y |
I am Mohana can I speak to Billy | A |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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She was kind | B |
She told me Billy was her brother | K |
And he passed on years ago | D2 |
I wanted to die | B |
I cursed everything | Y |
I questioned God | B |
I wanted to smoke anything | Y |
To drink my pain away | B |
I headed to a club | E2 |
I broke glasses | F2 |
Fought with lasses | F2 |
I broke my lenses | F2 |
Why did you leave Billy | A |
I am frustrated really | A |
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Why didn t you say t was time to die | B |
Why didn t you postpone death | G2 |
Why didn t you call me on death | G2 |
Why don t you appear to me | A |
Talk to me from the dead Billy | A |
Why did you leave me alone | V |
You are a traitor | K |
You promised to keep in touch | C2 |
And to be happy | A |
Why did you leave Billy | A |
I am frustrated really | A |
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I command you Billy listen to me well | H2 |
You will not remain quiet | B |
You got to talk to me tonight | B |
The cold is tearing | Y |
The silence deafening | Y |
The solitude so striking | Y |
No other person understand me | A |
I am a loner | K |
I cannot even risk friendship | I2 |
I am worried | B |
Been left alone | V |
No night phone calls | F2 |
No flirty text | B |
No sign of you | B |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am worried really | A |
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You know something | Y |
I am still going | Y |
Sometimes I day dream | J2 |
I see you and I | B |
You emerge from somewhere | K2 |
You tell me it was a mistake | C |
Every time I am alone | V |
You appear from the bush | L2 |
Hold my tiny waist | B |
Swing me around with those | F2 |
Muscular soft hands | F2 |
We dance | F2 |
We laugh | M2 |
As I am about to hug you | B |
You disappear i clasp the air | K2 |
My heart get tormented | B |
You are too alive in my life | N2 |
Where are you Billy | A |
I am sad really | A |
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Tempted to tell my son about you | B |
But he cannot remember | K |
Tears come down rolling | Y |
And he asks | F2 |
Why are you crying mummie | J2 |
I tell him my eyes are raining | Y |
Every time I think of you Billy | A |
My eyes rain | V |
I know you are happy Billy | A |
I desperately miss you really | A |
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It is time to release you darling | Y |
The rare kind hearted soldier | K |
Military life hadn't hardened thy heart | B |
You were beautiful at heart | B |
Handsome in appearance | F2 |
Remember the day you held my hand in prayer | K2 |
We both cried | B |
It was deep | O2 |
It might have been our farewell | H2 |
I still feel your hands tight on mine | V |
I hear the moving prayer | K2 |
You lie in peace | F2 |
You sleep saintly | A |
Sing serenity | A |
Wherever you are Billy | A |
I miss you really | A |
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To my heart you are alive | P2 |
Though haven t really learnt | B |
The art of mixing | Y |
Your departure gave me solitude | B |
The emptiness is way too big | Q2 |
I wish I attended your funeral | T |
I asked your sister | K |
If I could visit your grave | R2 |
She said No | D2 |
That kills me Billy | A |
And worries me really | A |
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You know what | B |
A lot has changed | B |
I still look beautiful | T |
My son is handsome | J2 |
I definitely look pretty | A |
Years are moving too fast | B |
But something has changed | B |
In my eyes you just see worry | A |
Fear mistrust and disillusionment | B |
Unlike when I looked at you | B |
The glow radiance in them gone | V |
Life is hard | B |
The struggles too tough | L |
Times sickening rough | L |
No one understands me | A |
My eyes are raining again | V |
Fare thee well Billy | A |
People like you and me don t say bye | B |
I will see you again Billy | A |
I do miss you really | A |
Yours dearly Mohana | V |
Jerusha Kananu
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