When Faith Elopes



What are words
  if not remembered

What are feelings
  never spent

What is time
  if not then fleeting

What is love
  not heaven sent

What are gifts
  beneath the wrapping

What are wishes
  beyond all hope

What are words
  if not remembered

What is left
—when faith elopes

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 13, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB xc xd xc xd xx AB xx x
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 295
Words 52
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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