Analysis of Buddha's Tears
I am as you are, the now, the yesterday and the tomorrow. I am, as you are the stars, the trees, the mountains, the oceans. I am always, as you are the beginning and the end. Knowing only compassion, how can I survive?
You will not hear me know. I am myth, I am legend. The answer, the question, tears upon the executioner’s feet.
Blood is upon me for my pleas fall upon a setting sun in winter. You with the power to give my brother, my everything, you cannot be so alone and so afraid.
Give, so taking is no more. I will die a silent dream.
You are the Sun and beyond, you are the infinite expansion of creativity and compassion .Yet you care not for your own. I weep because you refuse to understand.
I am as you are. She is as you are, the morning, the rain, a kiss upon lover’s lips. You are he as he is you, will you kill him again? I am the stars, the oceans and the trees as you are, a whisper among the ruins.
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Metre | 111110101000011111101010100101111110010001101001011101 1111111111110010010101001001 110111111010101010110101111011011011010101 11101111110101 110100111010001010100001011111111101101101 11111111110100101011011111111111101110101000111101001010 |
Characters | 924 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 116 |
Words per line (avg) | 31 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on February 07, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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