When Their Need Was Mine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGG HHII JJKL HHII| I remember the time they called my name | A |
| A simple text a fleeting flame | A |
| How are you was all they d say | B |
| And I would rush without delay | B |
| - | |
| I gave my hand I gave my all | C |
| I stood to catch them when they d fall | C |
| Their voices rang when storms drew near | D |
| And I was always standing here | E |
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| - | |
| I reached for help I begged I cried | F |
| But silence stood on the other side | F |
| They turned away they closed their eyes | G |
| And left me lost beneath the skies | G |
| - | |
| But when the time came I had no more | H |
| My strength was gone my heart was sore | H |
| The How are you that once was said | I |
| Vanished like echoes left for dead | I |
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| Now I have learned what truth can show | J |
| That worth is fleeting hearts can go | J |
| I mattered most when they had need | K |
| But never when it came to me | L |
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| But when the time came I had no more | H |
| My strength was gone my heart was sore | H |
| The How are you that once was said | I |
| Vanished like echoes left for dead | I |
Vanessa Dizon Alvarez
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