The Seasons Uncouple
There’s comfort in knowing,
things come and they go
The wind brings a newness,
whether lilac or snow
There’s joy in all laughter,
freely accrued
Music in words,
spoken only by you
A place to be born,
a moment to die
An ending beginning,
last chance to decide
That question unasked,
its answer unclaimed
Both orphans of joy,
… no adopted refrain
To sing from the rafters,
an unfinished hymn
That angel before you,
the angel within
Death’s only proffer,
…one remembrance to choose
As the season’s uncouple,
—your world again new
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 06, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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