The Past And Future Have Died
Climbing in through an incision
Never open before
—a wound now unsutured
And I dive deep to the core
Old feelings rush by me
Desperately searching for air
To harden dry in awareness,
‘A truth now a dare’
As my eyes start to weaken
The roots of memory expose
— new feelings pump toward me
Any escape has been closed
But I stop not to question
Or to wonder then why
My homecoming complete,
‘The past and future have died’
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 27, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEXE AXDCAXCC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 465 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
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