Time standing still
We are frozen in time.
Seemingly without reason or rhyme.
We hide what we think we have to.
Because we were never taught anything else to do.
Plaster on the smile that everyone expects to see.
Instead of showing people our misery.
Instead of dwelling in the past.
We must find a solution that will last.
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Submitted by honey1570 on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 56 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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