Analysis of death bed



sit next to me
nurse me  
take a look
I have a box beneath my skin
with feelings in it that control me
it pushes my breath "til the day I die.    
surviving wild hordes of thoughts
in its locked bone caves
forgiving me still if time didn't care
at least you could.
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lay next to me like an original song,
as my life fades like a burnt sundown,
tell me I'm giving you enough
on my deathbed.
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I'm giving you my last breath
I just wanted to know where you were
when I wanted to know my time
you were lost, and I was stranded.
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sleep next to me
let me recall memories
while I burn a last wish
ask me if I loved you, then
ask tales of regret
briefs of happiness
with you & on my own  
about what I enjoyed,
you...
a coincidence or fate?
Or deliberately walk in?
sit next to me on my deathbed
and tell me.
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for Maria
memories of 2003


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11 101 11010111 110011011 1101110111 0101111 01111 0101111101 1111 1 11111101001 11111011 11110101 111 1 1101111 111011110 11101111 10101110 1 1111 111100 111011 1111111 11101 11100 11111 011101 1 0010011 10100010 1111111 011 1 1010 1001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 846
Words 195
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 37
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 627
Words per stanza (avg) 172

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Tell me one last confession

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Written on March 25, 2023

Submitted by azdi404 on March 25, 2023

Modified on March 25, 2023

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