A moment or lifetime?



Time asked : "Happiness, how much time do you need?"

He replied : "A moment or lifetime, I don't really mind."

"For as long as it's Her, and she remembers"

P. S.
The universe intervened.
Time was frozen.

While everything stood still
She had happiness for a lifetime.

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Lost time = Love wasted

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Submitted by Coie on September 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X XXX XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 290
Words 51
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 3, 2

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