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A Tinge Of Lilac

Kurt Philip Behm

My window opens wider,
  as my focus narrows down

The words are now much richer,
  than what I used to think, profound

The light brings joy and substance,
  filling corners deep and closed

Its breeze now tinged with lilac,
  with all negatives exposed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 18, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AX AX XB XB X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 280
Words 47
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
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