Words



                  Words

When thoughts evade me, chock me,
 And escape me,
I search deeply for my words,
They warm me,
Engulf and hold me.

I can feel them, taste
Their sweetness,
I am part of the power
they always have held over me.
K@42

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The relationship between words and thoughts is essential to our being and emotions

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Written on November 14, 2020

Submitted by Poetry@80 on March 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXAA XXXAX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 240
Words 53
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5

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