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Will you be here or will you be gone?

Audrey Cook 1955 (Los Angeles)

Today as the sun rose,
as I gently stretched my toes
and straightened out my clothes
I turned my eyes towards the heavens
and wondered if
I was still your rose
someone who awaits you
with dancing prose
who waits for you
heaven knows
to hold me
and kiss the raindrops
off my nose
now as I await a new dawn
I wonder yet again
if you will be
here and gone
will i have to let you go
and discard my feelings
like rummage on a lawn
the pros and the cons
I'm vulnerable as a faun
will you be here
or will you be gone?
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Written on May 27, 2022

Submitted by cookaudrey69 on May 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDAEAEAFGAHIFHJKHLHMH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 510
Words 108
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
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