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Footprints And Shadows

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Listen to things you never can hear
Your footprints behind you,
Your shadow so near

Listen to things you never can hear
Your love for another
Your caring so sheer

Listen to things you never can hear
Your internal thinking
Your joy and the fear

Listen to things you never can hear
Your dreams for tomorrow
Your heartbreak and tear

Listen to things you never can hear
Your passion for justice
Your values held dear
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axb Axb Axb Axx Axb
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 398
Words 75
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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