Hunger
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Without hunger to taste a craving,
To achieve more than mediocrity.
What point is there to make,
For dreams just to wish them...
One day to come true.
If the effort to endeavor is less,
Than the appetite one believes to accept...
Is not a mental process to daily digest,
Nonstop!
In a sacrificial commitment made,
24/7.
With this even to know to do,
Success to have it is not guaranteed.
'Then...
What is the point to stay hungry for it?'
'If one does what they love to do.
With a hunger to crave on a daily basis.
And divorce is not an option.
For someone who is addicted,
To a mistress like this they can not quit?
Pointless it will be for anyone to attempt,
Believing this kind of relationship...
They can ruin and end.
It is not going to happen!
A hunger like this,
Is a forever commitment.
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Submitted by lpahtillah on August 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXXAXXXXXXAX XB AXCXBXXXCXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 770 |
Words | 151 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 2, 11 |
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