Read My Mind



If only someone could read my mind,
And make better use of my thoughts.

So much better it would be,
Than useless cures to cancer,
And hopeless theories of life.

The Knowledge in my head,
I have wordless answers.
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Submitted on November 16, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XXX XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 205
Words 39
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 2

Walrus B

I don't know. I may be 16. My poems are short and usual don't rhyme for a reason. I write what I feel, No more no less, trying to make a poem longer, or trying to make it rhyme, would be forcing words out. more…

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