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Empty faces

Nick Church 1978 (TX)

How to be in love,
Such a common thought or is it,
Waiting for answers but only getting grief,
Despite all the hard work I have fallen short,

How to be in love, it is a risky endeavor,
Personified but the relations of guilt,
Excusing myself as it's a precursor to failure,
Understanding my fear and my determination,

How to be in love has become a disease,
My head runs around in circles leaving my body in disarray,
I terrorize myself,
My worst enemy looks back in me through the mirror,

How to be in love is misery,
So if I find it, I should run.
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Submitted by emptypages78 on April 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AXAB XXXA XB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 535
Words 106
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
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