Corrosion
Your autumns like the moon always change
They never stay to a degree
Revealing to me a plan-
No, your hand like land
Time hewed to submit
And all I've writ
Is but a precipice on the verge of erosion
You spoke of stars,
But what of them?
They guide you night,
But only magnify my shroud
The one your autumns bring
The one your eyes enlighten
The cold veil is upon me
Like a raven obsessing over death
But I wait—
For I know
Your autumns change
And time erodes what it does not waste.
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Submitted on September 30, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 6 |
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