Your Swinging Door
I answered with love,
you questioned
with anger and pain
I held you close,
but your eyes
failed me again
I told you truly,
as my wishes
dropped to the floor
Your smile my captor,
my heart
—your swinging door
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 30, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 237 |
Words | 44 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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