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What We Had Then

Joyelle Runyan

Love isn't forever
It never has been
Just a fairytale
To suck us all in
My heart was all his
It just couldn't fend
When all he said is
"I'm unwilling to bend"
So here I am
Nothing to hold but this pen
Wishing I could have
What we had then.
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Submitted on February 03, 2015

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Scheme ABCBDEDEFGHG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 228
Words 51
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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