What My Head Already Knows
What my head considers facts
my heart has still rejected.
Fear and daze are mute abstracts so hard to be accepted.
What my head discriminates
my heart has still rejected.
Harm and cost are heavy weights so hard to be accepted.
What my head judges as real
my heart has still rejected.
Yearns and dearth are puny meal so hard to be accepted.
What my head acknowledges
my heart has still rejected.
Cease and close are sharp wedges so hard to be accepted.
What my head seizes as truths
my heart has still rejected.
Flop and crash are certain sooths so hard to be accepted.
What my head incorporates
my heart has still rejected.
Doom and gloom are sad comates so hard to be accepted.
What my head already knows
my heart has still rejected.
Death and loss are hammer blows so hard to be accepted.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
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| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 770 |
| Words | 146 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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