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Used-To-Be

Kimberly Tenold 2008 (Missouri)

Sitting Indian style
With your head on my knee
Lean in to kiss you
Take the 'wanting her' out of my memory
Fall back in love with me
We can amount to so much more than our used-to-be
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Written on June 23, 2023

Submitted by kimberlytenold on July 13, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 184
Words 40
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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Kimberly Tenold

I am a small town coutry girl still in highschool who dreams for big things like most do. Writing has been my passion for as long as I can recall, it's a pass time when I have a lot on my mind. more…

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