The Brightest Star

Mon 2007 (Haiti)



I yearn for you, yet you spare me no glance

You have engraved your smile in my heart, yet you won’t reciprocate my feelings for you

The moon bleeds for my aching heart, yet the stars shine for you

Among all the stars you shine the brightest

Our threads have entangled together, but when will you see me?
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Written on May 01, 2022

Submitted on May 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X A A X X
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 309
Words 62
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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Mon is a Haitian girl that likes to read and write in her free time. For her writing is "a way to pour out my feelings and have it understood by others." more…

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