Overgrown
Good night sky you're here!
I've never met a better sight
I've broken through this wood veneer
To lock my eyes with yours' tonight.
Resting from walk on cold concrete,
I look to you to mend my mind.
My loneliness is made complete
And wonder if I'll ever find
What binds a man to broken dreams,
What chains him to his solitude,
From the fickle flicker of your beams
A steady thought is caused accrued.
I'll drag on and fill my days
Like plays, like film about a life;
All strife and no direction shown
To find a home.
A boy still young, but overgrown.
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Submitted on September 02, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE XXFXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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