Lightning



Like lightning
Your entrance is strong and silent
So full of energy
Your brightness is blinding
Like lightning

You come with such vengeance
Claiming your territory
And consuming the horizon
Like lightning

You seem to be all around
Instead of all at once
Only parts of you are reaching out
Like lightning

Teasing the poor trees
With your faraway kisses
And songs in the breeze
Like lightning

You leave as quick as you arrive
Breaking into pieces
And burning up the sky
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Submitted by Wideeyedwalker on August 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AxbaA cbxA xcxA dedA xex
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 471
Words 86
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 3

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