Daydreaming in the Dark
The world is hushed
By sleep that evades me
And my mind is burdened
By words that I will to escape me
Ink fills blank pages
With things my heart
Does not dare bring to life
But I fear will tear me apart
If caged another night
With a pen the door opens
Be free and take flight
On paper thin wings
Go on, go on
My flimsy little dreams
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXBC X CXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 319 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 1, 4 |
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