Elusive Love



Love’s whisper of subtle longing
The need to be wanted
Appreciated
Needed
Embraced by the cloak of wanting
Understanding the need
Feeling the elusive
Light of love
Just out of my hungry grasp
As if it had wings
Reach

But no one’s there
To care
Love’s despair
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Submitted by thia.vanora on April 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBBAXXXXXX CCC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 265
Words 48
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 3

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