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Wishes of a Lover

Aaron Guinn 1985 (KS)

August 22 
As I sit and look out at the majestic sea.
I wish you could only see,
just how much our love means to me.
I wish I could walk up to you,
and speak the words that lovers do.
Now I sit here sad and blue,
wishing that I could be with you.

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I wrote this poem is of love and loss.

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Written on June 13, 2001

Submitted by blackholetestpilot on August 14, 2022

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Scheme AAABBBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 235
Words 53
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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