Teeth
"You are a breath of fresh air." He said
in a way that was unlike the way
the others had put it.
"You are new air and new earth and
you are the words that have not yet been
written.”
“ You are the beginning and the ending of
a story that could never again be told.
You are as fresh as the rising sun and the winds that
welcome it sweetly across the horizon.”
*nd somehow I do not feel reborn when
I am around you. It is like you are
the
reincarnation
of some great ancient being, and
I am trapped behind the illusion that I am unique.
My memories trapped inside a forgotten rebirth.
My words trapped behind
pale yellow teeth, as if they are gravestones
challenging me that if I did speak,
it would be the death of me.
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Written on 2016
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X X X A X X X X X X X A B X X X B X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 746 |
Words | 170 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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