The Emptying Hourglass
There’s a voice inside that’s killing me,
slowly day by day
Each line I write, each word I speak
—is paid with time reclaimed
(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 05, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 155 |
Words | 27 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
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