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The cliff

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The salt of the sea invades the brain with its dull smell
Legs dangling off the cliff
and the stars looking down.
just the waves on the beach,
a poet,
a speech.
it would be a shame to fall off,
with the stars looking down.
they would be so disappointed
if they could see it now.

About this poem

This poem was written when i was very unstable, and was very depressed. it was talking about how i wanted to fall off a cliff, even if i never did.

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Written on April 25, 2022

Submitted by maybe_someflower on April 11, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEDFCGH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 283
Words 63
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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