Do better than before



DO BETTER THAN BEFORE
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 Relaxing in my temple
 I thought this planet remembered me
 She took me back so tenderly
 Arranging her crimson robe
 Full of fruits and seeds,

 I slept as never before
 Like pebbles on the breast of river
 Nothing between me and the running water
 But my thoughts floated like flowers
 To reach the branches of the big tree,

 All night I heard the fairy kingdom
 Breathing fragrance around me
 And angels doing their work in darkness
 All night I rose and fall in that paradise
 To affirm myself to do better than before
 With true nature and not just to advise.

 ~~~~~Jawahar Gupta ~~~~
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A XBBXX ACCXB XBXXAX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 617
Words 109
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 6, 1

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