A walk on the stairsUnaware my caresSo Dark!Balance in my prayersMy life in the glaresRemark!Toes now need repairsThe back took its sharesBenchmark! This poem is an example of poetic form lai. A lai is a 9-line rhyming scheme poem that follows an “aabaabaab” format. The “a” lines are 5 syllables and rhyme, while the “b”…