PIECES



This pain is a part of life.
The seed of breath.
The bricks that build the wall,
that hold at bay your death.

This love is part of life.
moments that steal breath away.
The bricks that build the wall,
that hold your life at bay.
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Written on May 03, 2022

Submitted by rickgreyate04 on May 04, 2022

Modified by rickgreyate04 on May 26, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abCb adCd
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 229
Words 54
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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