The Line
Conduit of the human spirit
I forced hope into the cord
Draining the tears of
The lost and abandoned
Plugging into outlets
Of forgotten promise
Forcing their light
Onto the dark barren screen
Charging into what
I had charged over before
—crossing the line
—crossing the line
(Villanova Post Office: January, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 05, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 310 |
Words | 52 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
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