The Instant Upon Instances
I looked to the sky this morning
it was missing the blue from your eyes
I squinted at the sun
I could no longer feel your love
I watched rippling water in a creek
I cried the loss of your tears
I saw a hawk making lazy circles in the sky
I did not envy his freedom
I stood in the pouring rain
but could not fill this emptiness
I looked down a long and winding road
and there was no sight of you
I awoke to live another day
yet I longed to go back to sleep
You vanished upon an instant
as did my heart
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Submitted on October 07, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 485 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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