somnium



Twisting in the sands of time,
A place with no beginning and no end,
An empty place that’s only mine,
A place where darkness is my friend,

The world is heavy let it go,
Cut the ties that bind,
Release your pain and let it flow,
Hold tight the peace you find.
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Written on September 24, 2021

Submitted by smidland on September 25, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCBC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 253
Words 52
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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