Wistful



Oh sweet strong knight
beckoning
all the whispers smooth
against my tattered soul
To my delight
revealing
senses so much more
beneath the hidden show
My being melts
exposing
the weakness set free
to be removed by hope
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Submitted by shynner on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Scheme ABCDABEFGBHI
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 206
Words 38
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

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