In a Mason Jar
My soul lies
In a Mason Jar
On the table
Of a house cloaked
In whispers
I dream that
The rusty hatch
Might flip, that
At last I
Could flee
Perhaps the house,
Its shingles sinking
Heavy with moss
Into the rotting roof
Had a proud voice
But rain, snow and
Wind conspire, they
Tear and sway
And batter, until the
House is but a whisper
So in the thickening dark
Raindrops fall
And among these sounds
I sit
Suspended
In my Mason
Jar, I look through
Glass frosted
With warmth
With longing
My eyes, an eager
Pair of fireflies
Flutter their last
As all round me
The whispers roar
The wind tears paint
From the sunken walls
The bitter chill of autumn
Wrings screams from
The frail foggy windows
Cracked open like
A fallen bird's nest
Around me the wreckage
Of a wooden reality
Fleeting and Feeble
All is dust
When in the morning
The quiet dawn tells me
It was good to have been
In my Mason Jar
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Submitted on March 17, 2014
Modified on March 15, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 836 |
Words | 170 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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