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sorrow's child

Sweet Honey Dove

endless rivers of tears flow
suffering of souls
searching for themselves

lost

waiting to be found
hearing their cries
seeing their anguish
feeling their wounds

yes
children of sorrow

journey is long
but fear not
as all knowledge accumulates
so that in one pure moment

sometime

somewhere

you arrive

at

your

Self
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Submitted on June 30, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXX XXXX XA XXXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 291
Words 52
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 2, 4
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