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Rated: E · Poetry · Mystery · #2343538

A poem in Lai form (described following the poem)

I stare at the sky
and ask myself why
it's so.

We all have to die.
But say not "goodbye,"
"hello."

Just hold your head high
and give it a try.
You'll know.



Lai form:
> Tells a story.
> 9 lines, 3 tercets each. (A tercet is a group of 3 lines of verse
         rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet.)
> Rhyme scheme: aab aab aab.
> Syllables per line: 5-5-2 5-5-2 5-5-2
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