THE DREAM
when i lay me down to sleep
i see her face appear and then
within the dream i ask implore and beg her
please don't come again
she can't be here
it's been so long
her haunting stare
the timing's wrong
the pain remains
her love is gone
i need new dreams
i must move on
black the sky within the dream
paints my mind the ghostly pale
apparition bound to speak
in silence of the dreamers jail
she reappears
i can't estrange
she feels familiar
yet so strange
her warmth her heart
are out of range
i'm older now
my life has changed
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Submitted by BB8MITH on August 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XCXCXXXX XDXD XEBEXEXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 530 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 4, 8 |
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