Sought



You made me feel things I haven’t felt since I’ve been alive,

it didn’t last.

You told me you’d stay until death do us apart,

death didn’t have to.

You left when I seeked your presence and love the most,

with you, I’ll never be able to learn.
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Submitted by jaxonhurst on February 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 263
Words 58
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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