Repeating Cycle of Love/Nothing



I remember the times everything seemed to be just fine
I liked my life without a reason
but there wasn't anybody I could call mine.

I fooled around with some
didn't miss anything at all
but it was nearly too late when I realized what I had become.

I forgot how falling in love feels
the way you start to smile by just thinking about him
the way your soul heals
the way you associate everything with him
I nearly let it go.

But now I came alive
I start to feel again
dreading the knife
that eventually will slice through my fragile heart
and leave nothing behind but pieces and hurt
until I forget again
after too many drunken nights and foolish grins
feel nothing and stay sober
and then start all over.
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Submitted on April 20, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA BXB CDCDX XEXXXEXFF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 684
Words 134
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 5, 9

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