Open eyes



There
May be
Nothing there
To you, but if
You open your eyes,
Maybe then you will see
How nothing can be something,
And the smallest things are big.
It makes you think about your actions,
Like how the smallest words make big changes.

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Eyes have been open for the first time.

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Submitted by calliethe_c on May 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABACDBEFGH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 233
Words 48
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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