hope
she’s a hushed feeling
like the silent whispers in the back of a funeral home
or the warm and velvety air that escapes your lips on a cool morning
her tranquil existence lingers in the back of my mind
comparable to the determined ember of a freshly extinguished flame
deciding to only make her wavering appearances in my direst of times
i try to avoid our paths crossing at all cost
because my being is equally diminished when she is there and when she is not
the undeniable dread i feel within when she is lost
is unbearable
She is a small child lost in a calamitous storm
And I am the anxious mother awaiting her return
Hope! Hope! HOPE
I would shout at the dark abyss
My hands desperately grasping into the depth of my spirit
Even though I know she might be lost forever,
I constantly anticipate her faint whispers
But silently comprehending that she may never return from the dredges which she came
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Submitted by emmag.04822 on July 06, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXA XBX XX XXXX XXX XXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 902 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3 |
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