l'chaim (to life!)



birds awaken your ears
every day is a gift
a dance of grace
sunlight kissing your face
open your heart to feel
a child’s warm embrace
laughter healing your deepest aches
your cares carried away on wings of the wind
and you, you are alive!
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Submitted by HoneyoutofaLion on March 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCCDCEFG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 244
Words 49
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

daniel faerber

German-canadian raised in Japan, adventured in Africa, lived in Hong-Kong now a dweller of the Heavenlies! more…

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