Shedding Density
Dear, my dear,
my deepest fear;
I vanquish you,
you’re in the clear.
No purpose now,
no purpose here;
I’ve shed the pain,
the blood, the tears.
I’ve run from pasts,
my shadow casts;
but where we run
we come right back.
I stare you deep
and dissolve in love;
embrace myself
for how far I’ve come.
You used to make me hesitate;
I haven’t felt that as of late.
I’ve been scared of judgement,
scared of hate
but I'm done with being scared of fate.
So do your best
but I will not stand
- for perfection -
I'm just a man.
Where I’ve been
is not who I am;
the future lives
inside my hands…
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Submitted on April 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXA XXXX BBCX XXXX DDXDD XXCX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
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