In Touch with the Past
the minerals in my body
long for those left behind
within this moment of time
I carry these with water
for the sea didn’t leave me
when I let her be
the tears I now cry
witness salty of regrets
eternity of simple life
and death I lost
none of my primitive forms
bacterium worm paramecium
can offer me the space of time
where I will be one
with the present of this past
forever I lost its cast
is this vanishing still
consciously being endorsed
when this superficial me
returns into its former course
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Submitted by ludy_b on January 02, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AX BXAA XXXX XXBXCC XXAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 6, 4 |
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