Goodbye Tomorrow
A voice goes silent
in the distant wind
No tracks to follow
no path within
Muses cry
as shadows fade
Their chorus faint
with dreams unmade
The past abandoned
tomorrow gone
This moment orphaned
the night so long
Goodbye tomorrow
farewell today
All hope now fleeting
—time castaway
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 13, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX AX XB XB CX CX AD XD X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 324 |
Words | 52 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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