than what was
"live in the present and not the past"
they tell me, they lambaste
but they've never met you
they haven't the faintest clue
of your irresistible allure
of your beauty, so fair and pure
if only they knew you as I did
then perhaps they'd rid
themselves of these foolish thoughts
and realize it's all for naught
for nothing can better
than what was
About this poem
I wrote this poem because... heartbreak lol.
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Written on July 22, 2022
Submitted by xcelswimmer on July 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AA BBCC DDXXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 6 |
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