Stay Near



If you walk away
I'd have nothing to show
Like a wondering star
Lost in the blackest black

Let me stay here
I will sleep at your feet
Curled up on the floor
See the child in me - Begging you to stay near
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Submitted on August 23, 2017

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Scheme XXXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 44
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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