Please, listen..



My heart yearns for your touch, but you never touch me the way I want.  

I desire to hear your heartbeat, only to find it beats slowly when you’re with me.  

Feigning to hear your voice, but you’re speaking to someone who’s not me.  

I feel the knots begin to form in my chest, you’re struggling to untie them.  

My breath gets caught in my throat, you’re oblivious to it.  

My hands reach for yours, only to be millions of miles away.  

Eyes searching for yours frantically, only for yours to look into someone else's.  

I’d walk to you; you’d drive.  

Can you hear me?

Listen.

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No matter how loud you scream, if they don't want to listen, they won't.

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Written on August 22, 2021

Submitted by anonymouslyunknown on August 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X A A X X X X X A
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 584
Words 106
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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