The First Time
THE FIRST TIME
By Eula E. Bourne
I never heard you coming
You never made a sound
Yet everywhere around me
Your presence could be found.
Your flakes fell oh so gently
So soft, so cold, so clean.
And carpeted the ground below
With beauty so serene.
Each flake unique and different
Floating through the air.
I reached out and I touched you.
So glad that you were there.
I watched you as you painted
A canopy of white
On rooftops and on window sills
On everything in sight.
That was the first time I saw you.
And ever since that night
I wait for your return each year.
With pure childlike delight.
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Submitted by eulaeb on June 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 572 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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