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For the One I Loved

Jody Lemons

You may cheat,lie,and run around.
To put my heart in the ground.
But the love I have will still stand.
While you trample me in the sand.
 I may wait a lifetime for your love.
 And my life may be short as a dove.
 But my love for you will last a lifetime.
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Submitted on June 23, 2016

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Scheme AABBCCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 248
Words 55
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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