Time machine

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



We eat and drink of time
every moment in our lives

Partaking tales of glory
from what we call the past

A history or remnants of the stories,
crossed paths

whether we realize this will represent lessons learned
Prophesy of what our minds perceive in perpetuity,

from what we have observed, facets of our nature
Key communication between us within our makeup
 
The DNA of our consciousness
altered by both personal and group experience

though memories
which persist in the strongest of our beliefs

We evolve as we freefall
throughout the passage
Of all humanity surviving in time.

Gathering trace particles defining us,
written into stardust trails

In this our time machine

C2


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Written on 2020

Submitted by Charles2 on August 20, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX BX CX XB XX DX CX XXA DX X X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 725
Words 146
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1

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