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Need Love

Wallace Dean LaBenne

The depth of the longing which lies in my soul...
The yearning, the burning, unknown to control...
Is raising, amazing; where is the height?
I need you, my love. Now break through this sight.
Come to me, vision, and melt me in love.
Then, hold me, enfold me, a theme now above,
With passion, affection, in your magic way.
I need you, my love, turn dark into day.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 355
Words 68
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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