Butterflies Instead
If only we could flutter,
that would be perfection.
To fly so freely,
would it be simple enough for you?
It's the complications you fear.
They hide themselves from me, I would solve them yet.
I would tremble -
up, up, upwards.
I do not ask you for fifty years.
Three simple days would suffice, as long as that was my end.
I would treasure such a simple time.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XX XX XX XX XX X |
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 69 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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