First Breath
Jumping in
I shut both eyes
my heart lay open wide
A first hello
my last goodbye
to logic ill applied
Choosing an entry
frees all to move
the first breath to a song
Getting out
my mind rejects…
forever pushing on
The ending shatters
once breaking through
as time cuts loose its grasp
That first step forward
past my fear
—a die forever cast
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 06, 2018
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 393 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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