My Write To Life
My Write To Life
Our lives are fragile verses written in time
On pages that yellow and fade away
Yet our actions glow brighter than our words
Burning memories none can be forgotten
The stars witness our light sadly
Knowing we are made of the same stuff
And shine as brief moments in time.
My eyes breathe in the short specter
A world that turns without kindness or joy
All around me forces of anger and hate
Catch fire with the fuel of suffering
Warping our souls as separate beings
While the universe says otherwise
We are so intimately connected.
There is a faint silence amidst our whisper
Love is the moving word whose act
Propels us forward from dissatisfaction
Taking us outside our skin to get lost
Serving others to find ourselves
Being patient and kind
We make our thoughts into peace.
So do not despair for your bodily life
The pleasures and ravages of the flesh
Instead aim to pursue your unseen
Dreams and visions and virtue
A soul soft as water and able to shape
Your world into a play of pure words
Written as well read verse.
Copyright © 2024 Charles Edward York
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Why living and loving is worth it in spite of our fragility.
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Written on January 18, 2024
Submitted by charlesedwardyork on January 18, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BXCDXXB EXXXXXX EXDXXXX AXXXXCX XE |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,307 |
Words | 246 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 7, 7, 7, 2 |
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