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Fleeting Happiness

Sombra

Free verse
Happiness is a myth
It can only be reached so much
The pain has a hold on me
Engraved in my mind
Medicine won’t help me forget
These thoughts never leave me
They linger until I’m weary
Until my soul weaps
Filling up the shell we call a man
A man who suffers
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Submitted by Sombra on February 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDECCFGF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 261
Words 53
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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