At My Core
The fire’s golden tongue
leaps at the glowing embers,
my memory holds tight
and hopes that he remembers
this time, this night
with a different kind of fire,
consuming me, feeding me
with an overpowering desire.
Without a word, with the smallest touch,
our sleepy eyes close.
We drift into careless dreams
and all the while we doze.
Awakened by his gentle hand,
I slowly lift my dizzy head,
he had to leave me, had to go
when he should’ve stayed instead.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABABCXC XXXXXDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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