SHADOWS OF THE PAST
Shadows of the past
Haunt my world today,
Listlessly –
Lifelessly –
Like dreams now blown away.
Shadows bring back memories
Of some yester-time,
Achingly –
Mistakenly –
Like daggers through the mind.
Echoes of some better days
When life seemed oh so fair,
Then hoarsely –
Rather coarsely --
Your dreams are now nightmares.
Echoes of a yester world
With hopes to fill the room,
Then suddenly –
So utterly –
All hope has turned to gloom.
Shadows bring false promises
Of better things to come,
Till truth doth dawn --
And children mourn --
To find life’s race has run!
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Shadows of the past Haunt my world today, Listlessly – Lifelessly – Like dreams now blown away.
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Written on December 01, 2013
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 112 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3 |
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