The storm

Bradley Smith 1986 (Coonamble)



The Storm.

In the midst of a wonderment storm
An oak tree wanted to be free
For his whole life, He was planted to the dirt
It took work through the blazing brushes
But that day, his roots were raised
He did you see, what he thought he couldn’t do

He walked away
He walked from the worries of the wind
The chattering of the birds
The trauma of the storm

But what was surprising to that oak tree, was that in the end, it was the storm that set that him free.

About this poem

This is about breaking through from a storm of darkness and realising it is the storm of life that sets oneself free

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Submitted by Bradleysmith8978 on February 01, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXXXX XXXA B
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 461
Words 97
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 1

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