Footprints left behind
Ronald Tirino 1962 (NYC)
Footprints left behind
The soul of which
within its nature lends
lets its force remake us
from what’s here rekindled
through the rights of man
Eternal living action
breathed from living breath
becomes that which never rests
Constant motion within the moving tides
takes on forms of transformation
within its dying ambers
existence strives to last
eternal in its living
leave footprints in its paths
for travelers come to past
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X XXXXX AXX XAXBXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 431 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 3, 7 |
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