Sound Bites: May, 2024



Out from under
the burden of proof
Changing the argument
freeing the truth

…..

Saying it shorter
staying intact
Words more empowered
tightening the slack

…..

Writing … the cake
Reading … the icing
Licking the spoon
 — crumbs of delight

…..

Leaders made
not born
when so inclined

To rise
or fall
— with choice defined

…..

Freedom and consciousness
answers implied
Unknown to the masses
whose questions have died

Freedom and consciousness
 trysting aware
Betrothing each other
— to wed in what’s shared

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 07, 2024

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Scheme axxx axxx xxxx xxb xxb Cdxd Cxax x
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 564
Words 106
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 1

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