Transcendental Lullaby
I’ve now started to dream
while being awake
Sleep no longer needed
to open the gate
The visions come clearly
the music I hear
My mind surrenders
looking back on the years
I’m fully aware
but entranced when they come
The words of my Fathers…
the beat of a drum
My eyes partly close
as the chanting begins
My spirit reclaimed
—from the darkness within
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 20, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 396 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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