The Best and Brightest

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Your best and brightest days will be
The ones that you have spent with me
Before the trials came along
To mess up what was going on

But you can have them back again
If you’ll forget those other men

Your husband is still calling dear
Come back to him and he’ll draw near
He wants to hear what you will say
Just like before you went away

Just like the times you walked with me
Before you had eaten from that tree
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Written on October 28, 2016

Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX BB CCDD AA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 417
Words 86
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4, 2

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