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sole embrace


I don't need to see to believe

That rest could be a gentle sea

Bound to the mast in hurricane dreams 

Corrupting the peace of my dormancy.

 

Sloshing through on aching soles

thrashing clawing to submerge my soul

in hope that I won’t wake up in solus

Without you here I just feel so soulless.

 

I just need your sole embrace 

To move my mind to a dormant place

To ease my heart to a slower pace 

Like when you and I had our souls embrace.

 

But you're still such a terrible liar

Threw lies that set my heart on fire 

Without you here I just feel so wired 

cause sleep doesn't help when your soul is tired.

 

So i don't need to see to believe

When every night I feel those seas

I see us swaying calm and free

And I drown in the places you took from me.

 
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PersonalThemeAbstract

Deeply personal grief over lost relationship; minimal abstraction

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple interweaving ideas: rest, drowning, lies, heartbreak, soul-loss

DarkSentimentBright

Overwhelmingly negative: soulless, drowning, wired, exhaustion, abandonment

StillEnergyExplosive

Intense verbs: thrashing, clawing, set on fire, drown; urgent voice

MicroLengthEpic

28 lines; falls in 16-30 range

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Rich metaphors: sea, drowning, mast, souls, fire; pervasive symbolism

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric first-person introspection; no narrative or dramatic shift

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