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I Am Wordless

Ashley Arnold

words are useless,
Not enough to express this mess in me.
I am wordless,
Its taken the best in me to give the rest of me.
Words are ruthless,
Pounding on my chest, making me a mess.
Its taking the rest of me to give the best of me.

3/18/21
Ashley Arnold
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Scheme ABABAXB XX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 246
Words 52
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 2
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