Color



False to a friend
True to a enemy
You lead me down a different path
Overflowing with excitement to a boiling point
Harsh words bruising my feeling and burning my flesh
Trying to change the color of my skin without breaking it
Changing position was a course of a revolution
Inflicting a wound that can not mend
Emerge is a dynasty which is gained
And that which is loss
Fading away
Given a permanent color
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Submitted by ELW on February 17, 2021

Modified on April 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGAHIJK
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 393
Words 75
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

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