Drifter
Green meadows, bright hills
A dark valley
A timeless river flowed still
Drifting in the river
I looked up at the blue yonder
A limitless infinity stretched
Beyond the thoughts I ponder
An abrupt yellow flashed my eyes
I looked at the bank
And beheld the sight
She stood by the shore
Hir skirt swirled
She wore a hat
Her eyes lowered
She raised her gaze
Ever so slow
Grief in one eye
Longing in other
A solitary tear rolls down
My heart is bothered
She reached out with her hand
I lunged forward
Drifting away farther
Benevolent struggles
Thrashing water
She was half in the river
With desperation and dread
She looked like a fantasy
Her face divine,
Her eyes were red
I have walked in the darkness
For far too long
I cannot be saved
Instead hear this song
Motionless I watched
Motionless I drifted
She looked at me with despair
Her lips parted in a gasp
Wind blew her hat, blew her hair
I went below the surface
Beyond anyone's grasp
Sunlight faded, darkness crowned
I closed my eyes and slowly drowned.
About this poem
Awareness about mental health
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Written on October 03, 2021
Submitted by shubhamg.04888 on October 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,001 |
Words | 185 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10, 13 |
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