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On the Edge

Charles Leblanc

On the edge

A smart butterfly,
on the edge it stands,
the water is blurry,
should it jump or fly?

Why the rush to dive?
Tarsus could slip,
It could be damned,
It could die.

The edge is safer
the view is further
the scape is familiar
Should it live or try?

Too late for me
deep I am in
it is too good to quit
Loose or win,
romantic I’ll die.
I Will not regret?

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Inevitable collision between wisdom an romance One can live, later will survive

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Submitted by R.LeBlanc on November 28, 2023

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Scheme X AXBA XXXA CCCA BDXDAX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 365
Words 91
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 6
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