Grew, Grown-Growing

Eugene L. Essex 1981 (Cape Town)



Sometimes I look around
And around I look
Seeing everything of this nothing
Hearing all this silence
No one to talk to or listen to
Just like the tree,

Unfolding beauty,
Breaking out of this darkness stiffness
Why, how, and yet un-fold, ING-on and in
To, that and this, yet, wait, now not yet later
And soon, when

All is re-, all is ah, wow,
When, awaken-Ed, arisen-ed,
Beautifully fully complemented
Completely,
Yet, yet, still, nothing
Silent, all around empty

But you, but I,
And yet. Us.
Forever.
No end always.
Full
One.

About this poem

Difficult times, yet us love live on.

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Written on September 19, 2023

Submitted by Eugene.Essex on September 19, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAXXB BCXDX XXXBAB XCDXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 538
Words 107
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 6, 6

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