Borrowed Space & Borrowed Time
At times
I crawl into a cave.
No chaos, no people,
and lay upon
the breathing soil.
Just me, myself and I.
For tomorrow
will again bring back
more time to rush,
to do some stressing.
Only in this cave
of borrowed space
and borrowed time
can I detect soft sounds
that float like feathers
through my borrowed air.
There I can hear the whispers
of wishes I’ve yet to dream,
of fears and thoughts
that I must face,
or of a feeling still unfelt.
My writing is my cave.
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Submitted by Giselavigil on January 04, 2024
Modified by Giselavigil on January 04, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 21, 1 |
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