Tick-Tock
Fortuitous fruition
Altered by
Consciousness
Belittled by
Self-doubt
Unabhoradly
Blasphemed-
Scientific discoveries?
Or distractions?
Leading us
Astray
Away, far away
From He
Who saves
Times are ending
Unfortunately for
The flesh
But don't fret
We haven't made
It there; just
Yet.
About this poem
I wrote this poem the day before I found out my fiance was dead.
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Written on July 04, 2021
Submitted by gazelle.goth on August 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEDFGCHHIJKLMNOPN |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 260 |
Words | 41 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
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