Invisible Ink
Before the writing,
collecting memories
silent endowments
pages without lines
Before the writing,
I traveled a dreamer
imagining truant
what tomorrow defines
Before the writing,
the words clouded over
passing in bunches
like birds on the wing
Before the writing,
the wind was my compass
direction e’er changing
intention to sing
Before the writing,
my spirit a bachelor
no phrases to husband
no verses to wed
Before the writing,
immersed in tomorrow
my freedom untethered
—to go where it led
(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)
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Submitted by sage48 on December 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axxb Acdb Acxa Axaa Acxe Axde c |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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