mend our wounded mouths
when those times our words were strained
and love hemorhaged in softless pain
attempted sounds sawtoothed and dovetailed -
hammered with encrusted nails
i wish i could be the carpenter's tool
that mends our wounded mouth's fool
and caulk the cracks along our window pains
that which love our hearts contain.............
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XA XX BB XA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 312 |
Words | 51 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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