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And so I Breathe

Alyssa K. Johnson-Halsey 1989 (Illinois)

My body weeps for the solace that it craves
My bones ache for an existence without poison
For tired dreams haunt me and never seem to fade
I see answers out of the corners of my eyes, but the unknown scares me and and I close them
Finding peace is my design
But the path does seem impassible
This time around may not be empirical
And so I Breathe.
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Written on February 17, 2023

Submitted by Banjohnson89 on February 18, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFFG
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 349
Words 71
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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