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I would rather be your friend

Yamikani Jamali Hassan 1992 (Malawi)

I am green with envy
As a love purse makes my heart heavy.
I love my lips sealed
And not to be lost in the intensity of the split second

Love is the apple of discord
To mystify, daze, confound,
And able to seize the heart
From being the apple of the eye

I won't like us as doves
I would rather see us as thick as thieves
So let's be friends and not lovers
To avoid the future stigmatizing us ex lovers

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This poems tries to portray the power of friendship over love

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Written on March 31, 2024

Submitted by yamikani_j on March 31, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX XXXX XXBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 406
Words 89
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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