A Pilgrimage Not Taken



Lights of a city I will never see
Beacon to me from inside this screen.
A box I can never circle calls to me,
From across the deserts and over the sea.
I haven't enough faith to throw a stone,
So for my love, I will wait alone.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAACC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 222
Words 48
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

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