Northern/Southern Lights
Green, pink
Purple, blue
Shining lights
In the North, and South, too.
Spirits dancing along the wind.
Gateway to Heaven, life.
Colors cut the air,
A delightful knife.
Earth's 2nd water
Arrives with the moon.
I hope and pray
That I'll be up there, but not too soon.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 253 |
Words | 48 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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