A treasure I never owned



A treasure right before my eyes
Yet seems impossible to reach
My heart is getting cold like ice
For you are very hard to catch

I searched the entire ocean
For ways to break your fence
Instead I found a heart broken
I've had a scar ever since

Another pirate took you away
All I could do was nothing
Seeing your beauty everyday
Keeps my wound from healing

Every-time I see your frown
I see a treasure I never owned
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Submitted on October 16, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AXAX BCBC XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 399
Words 80
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2

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