The Catalyst
The Catalyst
It began with a tremble
That my eyes opened to glimpse.
Then the door plucked out.
I ran to the widow, the cover
Pulled out,
The roof shifted. I craved pulling
The rafters, but the speed twinkled.
The roof flipped;
The sky hovered squarely in its place,
Smooth and out-of-the-way.
The walls cracked and parted,
I tramped around without holding
Their corners.
They crumbled; everything tumbled
Backward.
Then I saw a universe,
My feet staggered over the rubbles
Into it,
The universe that won’t crumble.
About this poem
The poet dreamed about a world of a new order his dream ushered him into. He woke up when his old world was about to give way to the new order, when his apartment collapsed.
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Written on October 27, 2023
Submitted by charliegreat on October 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AB CXCDE XXX XDXEX XBXA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 106 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 3, 5, 4 |
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