Deadwood
Deadwood
Stepping into the light out of the shadows
I hear the bottom of my shoes move some gravel, a scratch not unlike the sound
Of a needle going across the record the wrong way
I see the old, red brick, majestic and journeyed
High above me blue sky, brilliant and crisp, light wind
The shadows extend across the path before me in a sixty degree angle
Cutting off the alleyway into sections of dark and light amidst the ancient façade
I wonder how many people have passed this way
Looked at the mountain face before me
Through the windows of progress, architecture and imported culture
Through the eyes of the indigenous, the old grandfathers who once roamed this terrestrial
So many gazing upon the rock, its subsequent strength, towering with pine
I hear echoes of the past and see where I am
Old buildings, majestic in the ambiguous West
The land beneath once breathing, still present in life
Surrounding the seemingly stalwart structural surroundings that will only be replaced
One day by the dust, the prairie wind that echoes through this valley unrelenting
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Submitted on April 07, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,050 |
Words | 184 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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