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When

Ammie-Marie Littke 1990 (Michigan)

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When your mind has turned to the silence
When your tears burn from the crying
When you feel so brokenhearted
When your world has just departed
I will be right here, waiting.

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They say if you love someone, sometimes, you have to let them go... but letting go doesn't always mean letting go of your feelings for them, but respecting them enough to no longer act on them.

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Written on January 21, 2009

Submitted by ammiemarie on March 13, 2024

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Scheme ABCCB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 173
Words 32
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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Ammie-Marie Littke

Ammie-Marie Littke is an American writer, songwriter, multimedia designer, and data analyst. Born and raised in southwest Michigan, she learned to love music and literature from the age of 4, adapting the ability to recognize a popular song within the first few seconds of airplay on the radio. She spent much of her teenage youth exploring her creative skills, writing nearly 200 poems and song lyrics between the ages of 11 and 17. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Web Design & Interactive Media from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and an Associate's Degree in Graphic Design Management from Bradford School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from East High School in Youngstown, Ohio. more…

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