Bitter Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CD EF GH IJ KELG GM| I had been harvesting sorrowful tears | A |
| Peeling unripe fruits to bury their seeds | B |
| Preparing for a better future yet now my future is decorated with complaining tears | A |
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| Shuffling streets of rodents toes complaining | C |
| Pilling wishes reserving them for a better day now that day is barren | D |
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| Holding tears in a can listening to them as they generate a voice under my armpits | E |
| Seeing my dreams naked in a public | F |
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| Lord had you forsaken me | G |
| Asking clouds with muted voices begging heavens to pour out reincarnation of a rich soul into my wound | H |
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| I miss Eden where Adam fell in love on the first sight of his beautiful Eve | I |
| Where life was joy nor sweat | J |
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| Kiss on my toes | K |
| Hands on my armpits | E |
| Hiding my eyes from the ugliness of this world | L |
| Where givers are full of scars and receivers are soft and clubby | G |
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| Lord please take me before the world gets the better of me | G |
| Before I become ripe on this journey of selfishness | M |
Musa Mukelwa Simelane
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