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Love over Lust

Sun Ra

Tell me what's fair, that you love me for me
Tell me you care, about what we'll be
Tell me this pretty picture isn't fiction like a fairy
Tell me this will last forever, never temporary

Be me sunshine that prevails by and wades through rain
Harness our growth that sails high and evades pain
Don't confuse these lines of love with lustful refrains
Observe these infection, infatuation-fueled quatrains

Tis' be my letter, to my fair maiden
Tis' be my finest work that I made in-
The rolling hills of the Shenandoah, 'The Valley'
Sigh as your chest vibrates
Sigh as your core pulipates
For this is the heart's pep rally, this is what it can trust
This is what it relates, declarations of love over lust

By: ©William J Dorsey Jr. (Copyright) October 22, 2013
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Submitted by matiasp.29602 on April 12, 2014

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA BBCC XXAXCDD X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 741
Words 136
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 7, 1
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