Firbidden Tree's Autumn Leaves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABB CAB DEFG HIJK HLMN OBFP QRST UVWF FXP YYZB A2B2C2 D2| I insisted when you made me your shadow | A |
| Because I would hide under your shade in the autumn season | B |
| That evergreen tree I envied in the rain and the sun | B |
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| Relentlessly warm even though when winter came | C |
| Snow hung on the branches like fruits and I said no | A |
| To the voice of deception | B |
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| One of us was a rainbow because somebody appeared to put one s tears to a halt | D |
| One of us was a Jesus because somebody calmed the wind in each other s lives | E |
| Nobody said no whenever we had agreed to fall for each other | F |
| Love sprung from an oasis that knew no desert nor drought | G |
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| I was yours you was mine | H |
| We was us and nothing could tear our virgin love apart | I |
| Not even peer pressure nor seduction nor a third man standing | J |
| Was strong enough to bring the house down | K |
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| Jezebel called one night and said love s just a weak rendition of a song sung by a dying Valentine | H |
| And I almost gave up on love and all that s related to it | L |
| Before I tried to create a new playlist of fast music | M |
| That would sync with the fast track living we re all failing to enjoy | N |
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| That misconception poked my eye and I became blind and illuminated | O |
| An illuminati I had just become with my own opinion | B |
| Peculiar to the mediocre | F |
| But that wasn t the truth to set nobody free | P |
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| Once upon a time | Q |
| I held your phone and opened every message without fear of the unknown | R |
| For I knew all I had seen all my ears were satiated with all | S |
| But | T |
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| Names began popping in my head like who s who | U |
| But with no answers and grievances were conceived by | V |
| Mistrust and fight begat hate and hate begat family reunions | W |
| Less one family member | F |
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| The obituary should ve been there in the newspaper | F |
| But I guess the editor decided to keep it a secret for the sake | X |
| Of you and me | P |
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| And our families | Y |
| What about our families | Y |
| It s not as if they knew not what took place and besides that | Z |
| There s nothing new under the sun | B |
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| So where are you now | A2 |
| I ve searched everywhere but in vain | B2 |
| Turn your back against time and walk back to us | C2 |
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| Could you be dead | D2 |
Martin Chivaku
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