The Oarsman
The Oarsman
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In silent waters in a river of no hope
The oars create not even a ripple
With a man of bones -- with scythe -- with robe
Cloaking his impassive -- broken soul
From I -- his passenger.
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Pushing -- pulling -- repeatedly, forever
No emotion escapes -- his empty orbits
While rowing away from daylight's door
Lost in this land of bleakness -- to Haydes
With I -- his passenger.
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It is cold here -- no sound -- one light, fading behind
A life told with a tongue unowned -- a quasi-essence
He rows amongst death in a defeated imposition
Upon this black mirror of tortured souls
As I am -- his passenger.
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When the oars lift, at last -- bone fingers point -- to limbo
Drifting to nowhere -- a pebbled beach, slides underneath
Of Pluto's raft as he gazes -- pitying our souls
Leaving the boat -- the oars with I, gone with Death
Though not I -- for I am Charon.
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Michael Fuller
May 20, 2015
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Submitted on September 08, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BCDEF FGHGF IJAKF LMKNA FO |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 878 |
Words | 172 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
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