the song i would have written // chapter 1
i was going to write a song for you
but the passion didn’t come
the words and the melody lost me
and soon enough, so did i
i wrote half a love letter
that i was never going to send
because i always had the feeling
that you wouldn’t understand
i invested all of my time to you
i cared a lot more than you did
but that didn’t become obvious
until i stopped asking for yours
i started writing a journal for you
to put every ounce of love on record
you would read it, and never forget it
like this was destined to happen
i carved out all this space for you
that your head was too empty to fill
and now all i’m left with is a hole
one even larger to fill
i’ll leave that for someone else.
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Written on November 11, 2023
Submitted by thefrey809 on November 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX XXXX AXXX AXXX ABXBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 146 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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