Graveled Paths
We've been travelling for days on end
Atop the warmth of igneous & obsidian rock
Memory boxes placed within grace in wind
We briskly stalk forth in this insidious plot,
Back home.
The skyline matched your eyeliner:
Frigid, solemn & gray
It's almost dark so I find the-
Way, to follow the trace,
Back home.
Stepping stones lay still on the floor
We hold each other's hand, it's ineffective
The walls become virutal, the land is iridescent
I stand for your confession, so we can build a door,
Back home.
Then I stopped in place, dropped in haste --
Once I realized why we were on this road
Time is precious to own, & nothing to waste
So I'm destined roam & spend my life wandering with pace,
Until my days are etched in stone,
I will have youth - yet I will be old
As long as we are travelling together,
Everywhere I go? I will be next to home
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Submitted by matiasp.29602 on September 06, 2015
Modified on April 26, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xxxxA bxxcA dxxdA execxxba |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 842 |
Words | 161 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 8 |
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