Listen
Geshani Nisansala Karunarathna 2002 (Matale)
Listen
Every time she turns away,
the whispers start up,
"the hideous lump with her hair in a bump ,
skirt so fit and the top so did ,
heels so awk ,
make the ticklish walk
looks like the plump wants to follow the vogue !!!!."
And she pretends ,
pretends not to hear,
not to hear a thing,
trying to soothe the soul,
the thrashed little soul ....
" It's OK my dear ,
they don't know !
they know nothing!"
You know,sometimes it's hard
to bottle up,
And hard to fight back
So put your pen ,
And set that soul free,
that wounded soul free!!!
Little bard!!
Listen to your dumb heart,
The yelling of that dump heart ,
You will probably see how it ignites
" try not to fit to a mould of beauty,
a mould of wisdom , a mould of happiness
and a mould of pursuit,
Let l be me "
About this poem
It's about following your desires
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Written on August 06, 2022
Submitted by geshanixp on August 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXXBBB XXBCCXXB DABXEEDFFXEXXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 814 |
Words | 182 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 14 |
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