Oh, fire in my belly



Oh fire in my belly,
I feel you there burning in my gut,
why do you scorch me so when I hold you close,
oh fire in my belly it's alright,
I know your rage.

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Apoem to express my pent up frustrations and the feeling of holding all that anger but coming to terms with it.

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Submitted by najwildeman on July 27, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 155
Words 39
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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