A Penny for Your Thoughts
Larry Wells Jr 2003 (Nevada)
It's late yet my mind's racing
With words and phrases pacing
What's yet another sleepless night
In a room with no more light
The things I would say to you
If you were here with me too
These feelings lodged in my chest
That I wish I could exhale with my breath
Locked in this state of pain
With so many things in my brain
Could I write them all with a pen
Sit and stay awhile, then I'll begin
Please it'll take but a moment
And it'll bring an end to my torment
See try as I might sleep is out of reach
This writer's block is something I can't breach
I'd give you a penny, a dollar, five
If into your mind I could dive
A fresh story, a new idea to explore
That would bring me back to before
A boy of naivety with a heart of gold
Or at least that's what I have been told
After I traded it for a dream that couldn't last
A concept of you that stayed in the past
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Written on March 04, 2022
Submitted by larrywellsjr03 on March 05, 2022
Modified on April 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDXX XXEE FFGG HHII |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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