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Starting A Fire

Eveeeeey

Don't let yourself burn
From someone else fire
Don't set off the alarm
If you can save it yourself

Crying is the burning
When you hate everyone
When everyone hates everyone
When everyone hates you
Or when you hate you
Don't burn down

Use the match
To light a candle
A new beginning
But don't let yourself
Burn things down

Or else
Your just extinguishing yourself
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Written on May 11, 2024

Submitted by evelynschwar on May 11, 2024

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Scheme XXXA BCCDDE XXBAE XA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 370
Words 74
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 5, 2
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