Analysis of We Try



We try.
With a consciousness to understand.
And common sense to use,
Done to do at our best.
Even if that may not be accepted.
Still we try.
From a different perspective.
Hoping that step to take is correct.

Although,
No matter what is done we do...
Is still not enough.
To leave an attempt,
Understood.
From someone else's point of view.
Who may or may not try at all.
But would rather remain,
The one to stay...
Unchanged with a looking away.
Repeating the same excuses to blame,
Those who try.

Yet those who try,
Everything they can to understand...
Hoping to be understood.
Are often the ones easier to accuse.
For who they are and what they do.
Just for the purpose,
To find something wrong.
Never right to accept.
Regardless.
If their own life to live,
Gets no respect trying to do their best...
To juggle their own troubles.
Jump through hoops and fetch,
Whatever it is that is thrown to catch.
And even out of breath,
Not a word heard to hear expressed...
Is with respect given!

We try.
With a consciousness to understand.
And common sense to use.
Done to do at our best.
Then one day it happens.
We try less,
Not to be understood.
Or care to understand.
Anyone.
To get to know them better.
Than they do themselves.
Left to leave.
Done to please ourselves.
With this to do to comprehend,
No matter what we do to try...
For others.
And not all.
Is seldom enough,
To hear a word of appreciation.

'Why are you acting as if you so tired?
From what?
You don't do nothing else.'

'I had to take care of my own business.'

'It's about time,
You did something for yourself.
And why are you late? Again!'

'Opening my eyes...wider!'

'Well...
You're welcome.
What you should do is get more rest.
God knows you do nothing else.
Oh...
IF you have Time.
And don't mind.
Here is a list of things I forgot to get earlier.
From a list of things I gave you an hour ago.'

'We try to do our best
But our best to do is not enough, is it?'

'WE?
We who?'

'Give me the list...'

'What...did you call me?'


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Poetic Form
Metre 11 10100101 010111 1111101 1011111010 111 10100010 101111101 1 11011111 11101 11101 01 1110111 11111111 111001 0111 01101001 0100101011 111 1111 1011101 101101 11001100101 11110111 11010 11101 101101 010 111111 1101101111 1101110 11101 101111111 010111 10111101 110110 11 10100101 010111 1111101 111110 111 11101 11101 10 1111110 11101 111 111001 1111101 11011111 110 011 11001 110110010 11110111110 11 111101 1111111110 1011 1110101 0111101 10011 1 110 11111111 1111101 1 1111 011 11011110111100 1011111111001 1111101 110111110111 1 11 1101 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 2,024
Words 476
Sentences 70
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 8, 12, 17, 19, 3, 1, 3, 1, 9, 2, 2, 1, 1
Lines Amount 79
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on October 04, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on October 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

2:24 min read
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