Sleepless Nights
Your thoughts hold
My heart prisoned
And my sleep eludes
As scenes in me unfold.
I stand at a cross-road
Again read your letters
The love each word exudes
Leaves me arms crossed and cold.
It's been a fortnight
That my soul relished not a sleep
My hollow inside concludes
You stole my sleep-right.
I must have stole yours too
For the mail man again
Out there in the rain
Has dropped the inked-you.
My sleepness night continues
As I await your coming news
A million miles away
For the day, I earnestly pray.
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Submitted on November 25, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBA XXBA CXBC DXXD EEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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