Empty Garden
As the sun goes down;
my loneliness grows.
In my apathy, I drown;
to dust, returns my rose.
In my empty garden;
nothing beautiful grows.
Dirt is the only pardon;
not even water flows.
It is barren and lifeless;
not even the flies visit.
In this misery, is bliss;
as, I alone, I sit.
This garden knows no love;
only sacrifice lives here.
No promises from above;
only pain and despair.
So, as one, I sit;
bitterly, the wind blows.
All I feel is the grit;
and suffering is all that grows.
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Submitted on February 05, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CBCB XXXD EXEX DBDB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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