I obey
(1/20/2011)
I should dreamily abide to die
under a deepening evening sapphire sky,
uncovered arms, receiving of peace, stretched out wide
and my eyes caressing the depths of the vast weightless night.
I could contently taste my last breath
under a sea full of starlight applauding my death
and there lucidly lay where I'm fated to rest
while the blue of the very last night tints my flesh.
I would kiss my own lips for the dew there that came
under an inhale of night’s pale departure for day
and the hovering breath of my essence would say,
“I obey, I obey.”
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXX BBXX XCCC |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 553 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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