Sea of Nightmares



The waves are like seas of clouds drifting upon us.
Wind that howls so deeply in the air.
Silence breaks me free of my nightmares.
I kiss them goodbye with a stare.
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Submitted on July 22, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 161
Words 32
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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