All to Soon
One windy night upon my breast
I felt the kiss of winter’s breath
A breath that blew me into flight
Upon my breast one windy night
A leaf once green now bathed in red
With coat of spring and summer shed
True colour bursting at the seams
Now bathed in red a leaf once green
Upon your breath I learned to fly
A flame of glory in the sky
Not knowing that the price was death
I learned to fly upon your breath
But all too soon I came and went
The seasons of my life were spent
A bud in spring that came to bloom
I came and went - but all too soon
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Submitted on June 14, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XABB CCXX DDAA EEXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 530 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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