Red Light



I drove my car
In the middle of the night
Window down as I go uptown
And saw a red light as bright as the moonlight

park my car under the red light
to see your moon-shaped eyes
that gives warmth like a sunlight
In this breezy cold night.

Then you look at me as
I look at you with a smile
that brightens my entire night,
As the cold wind hits me

I drove faster as I remember
That those that I saw
were just the memories of you and I
under the same night sky.
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Written on April 25, 2004

Submitted by hikari01nash on April 24, 2022

Modified on March 30, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA AXAA XXAX XXBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 462
Words 104
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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