If The Moment Repeats
If you want to accomplish something,
stop talking
If you want to get somewhere,
start walking
If you want to be someone,
stop wishing
If you find your table bare,
start fishing
If the door remains barred and closed,
knock again
If the meaning lags behind intent,
yourself befriend
If the sentences won’t start or end,
reopen your heart
If the moment repeats again the same,
with love—restart
(Train-Brattleboro Vermont: September, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 06, 2019
Modified on March 12, 2023
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Scheme | AA BA XA BA XX XC CD XD X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 72 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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