Casualty
Casualties at dawn,
Casualties at dusk,
I bear witness
To the casualties
Of love's war.
In my world,
You are my only love,
But in yours,
I am merely
A nameless casualty.
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Written on July 08, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on July 08, 2023
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|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 174 |
| Words | 40 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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