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Outgrowing a Lovely Life

Arden Chase

October 22 
Free verse
Dabbled in the wake of
Change,
I discover the beauty of
Agony
Of retiring what I love.
Blessed
With wounds of change:
Favored
To love so deeply,
Pure
Enough to sorrow itself.

About this poem

This poem came to me when I reflected on the imminence of moving to college: a change I can not avoid. In this feeling of grief for my life which I have become quite fond of, I see beauty. It is beautiful that it hurts to leave because that pain proves how incredible your life has become, and how incredible a new life may become in the future.

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Written on October 18, 2022

Submitted by ardenchase21 on October 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABACADBECFG
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 176
Words 38
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
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