A delicate guest



Life is an abstract state of mind, lost in a quest not knowing why
Often wonder while drifting high, voices reach taller than blue sky wide
Blown with the wind, until they ever die.

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Written on September 17, 1981

Submitted by moderessi0 on January 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 181
Words 34
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3

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