Three Words



My Heart breaks for him
My Heart aches for him
To say
I love you

Who is he?
Is it me?
A friend?
Or something more?

Has he been lost?
Or just discovered?

Three words
Could stop the aching
Three words
Could stop the breaking

But only from him
Will they truly heal
What was broken
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Submitted on May 17, 2014

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aaxx bbxx xx CdCd axx
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 261
Words 56
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2, 4, 3

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