Waste the Nights Away

Larry Wells Jr 2003 (Nevada)



Away with thoughts of today
Delay my plans, set them for another day.

Before was a better time, never was a bore
For if only then I'd known, but I didn't. Or

Maybe I did, afraid of what I might see
Be even if fancy took, yes it was. Cause we

Should have had it all, at a price many could
Would have justified, but me. I withstood

To what end, for what it cost me was you
Few have come close but you closer still. Do

I count my losses, curl up and die
Why I waste the nights away. I don't try

Standing up on my own, I sulk wanting
Dying to feel something else.
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Submitted by larrywellsjr03 on December 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF XX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 567
Words 125
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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