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Broken

Dustin Strong

The words stab like daggers
The sentences twist the blade
The actions shove it in farther

My heart bleeds
Your words
Caused the wound

My heart bleeds
Your actions
Worsen the bleeding

My heart lies
Unsafe from the sadness
Unsafe from the despair

Your words destroyed me
Even though
Truth they hold

My last sanctuary broken
Destroyed by the hurt
Disintegrated by the words
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Submitted on March 15, 2014

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxx Abx Axx xxx xxx xxb
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 353
Words 64
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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