A Window of Opportunity
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Your cities and your towns
And your houses lay in rubble
Because you could not see the day
The day the Lord called trouble
You only focused on the lies
And shared them with your brothers
Wherever you would look
You’d fail to see the many others
Lord open up my eyes
Like those of Elisha’s servant
Let me see the many others
On the mountains where they were sent
Help me to discern the reasons
That you sent them to me
Help me to be transparent
So, the world can see through me
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Written on July 03, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BCXC BDCX XEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 483 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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