A Game
Kimberly Tenold 2008 (Missouri)
When I want more than anything
For the silence to break
It's my voice that starts to shake
Uncertainty in words
That I'll never get to say
Roam my mind
They find a place to hide
Then fall into a blank state of time
Nothing's worth remembering
But all the shatters in my heart
Won't let me forget
When forgetting is all I want
But in my head
You're hanging around my place
Touching every little thing
That your memory now lives in
Now I wonder every day
To you, was I just a game
One where I was the one that got played
The player always walks away
With a smile on their face
Because they got their way
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Written on June 19, 2023
Submitted by kimberlytenold on June 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBCDEFGAHIJKLAMDNODLD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
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