Whirlwind fling
A flame
so hot
all it could do
was
burn out
I gave you my all
and it was good
for a while
but it ended
as quick as it started
we burned out
it wasn't you
it wasn't me
but as a flame
we gasped for air
the very air
that ended us
but all was not lost
the smoke that prevails
after the flame's inevitable death
was a reminder
that we once
were
the light
that kept each other
burning.
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Written on September 01, 2023
Submitted by nfeesah21 on September 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBXCXXX DDCBX AEEX XXXF XFXFX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 388 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 4, 4, 5 |
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