Don't Look Back
It's hard to shut someone out,
when hope comes calling at night.
Yet facing feelings of doubt,
feigning love's more wrong than right.
Regardless of how you feel,
hurt comes in all shapes and sizes.
And anxiety hides what's real,
in a myriad of disguises.
A lost cause is beyond repair,
and the embodiment of pain.
For you know that love isn't fair,
and it's driving you insane.
Pangs of guilt wage their attack,
yet it's time the lies desist.
And you leave and don't look back,
on a soul that love once kissed.
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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