Imagine
IMAGINE
My eyelids flickered
and, gritting teeth
I created pictures
in disbelief
opened windows
with dazzling colours
stunning rainbows
I soon discovered
I felt mother's face
(which I knew so well)
looked out of place
(though I daren't tell)
a delicate rose
proved such a joy
I'd remembered smelling
when a boy
that precarious
old squeaky gate
which in a wind
I grew to hate
the sea roared
blues and greens
every colour inbetween
in this pipedream
so much fantasy
though sweet as wine
I'll never see
you see, I'm blind
JAMES REID
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Submitted on January 25, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 528 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
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