I Can't Explain Heart Reasons



I can't explain heart reasons that reason cannot know.

I can't explain my love for you or aim a Cupid's bow.
I can't explain my laud for you
or yell a shrill bravo.

I can't explain my play for you or win a tic-tac-toe.
I can't explain my song for you
or hum a re-me-do.

I can't explain my pain for you or tell a tale of woe.
I can't explain my hunt for you
or call a tallyho.

I can't explain my awe for you or ray a pure halo.
I can't explain my wave for you
or stop a river flow.

I can't explain my prize for you or have a talent show.
I can't explain my stun for you
or Edgar Allan Poe.

I can't explain my beat for you or step a do-si-do.
I can't explain my fight for you
or slug-out toe-to-toe.

I can't explain my trek for you or passage to-and-fro.
I can't explain my feel for you
or give a blow-by-blow.

I can't explain heart reasons that reason cannot know.
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A xba abb aba aba aba bba aba A
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 841
Words 177
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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