Eternal



I said "don't follow", but you are the stream
that made it's way into the land of drought.
Today I'd hope to bleed you out in ink,
and yet I find that you remain
the objection in my mind,
my heart's contradiction,
and the root that drives itself deeper.
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Written on September 05, 2021

Submitted by Aclima1000 on September 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 259
Words 50
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7

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