Illusions Of Love



Fairy tales exist only in our minds
There is no charming prince
Only verse and lines. Love is an illusion
And yet we all pretend
For to live without it is like a cold harsh wind.
The need to feel the passion
To be completely swept away
By the pounding and the clashing
Of what love has to say.
Would I risk it all again
To feel that heady rush
To be tangled in a web
By a single word or touch.
To be caught up in the rapture
Of one of lifes great lies
No, love cannot be captured
Nor it seems, can i.
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Submitted on July 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDECFGFHIJKLMNO
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 484
Words 105
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

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