Once The Future Is Gone



Will eternity have
  a Yin and a Yang

Will the forces that govern
  applaud and harangue

Will the blessings have value
  if darkness moves on

Will it all even matter
—once the future is gone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 15, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XA XA XX XX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 221
Words 39
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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