Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda
Wanderer 1986 (United States)
If you could turn back time, would you?
If you were able to fix a regret, could you?
Or would you just get "should" on?
It all happens for a reason.
Everything we've ever believed in.
Should have happened.
Yet you let "what ifs" tap e, or stop.
Don't let it stop you from laughing.
Woulda done different if I coulda.
No absolutes, never know if you shoulda.
Unable to see it now.
There is no way how.
Everything happened the way it shoulda.
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Written on April 12, 2023
Submitted by Dltut88 on April 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABCDEFGEEHHE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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