Poetry Is a Medium



Because I love the you in our next deaths,
Because I rely on the you in next breaths,
I come complete with gravel bleeding—
With humanity screaming,
with each diamond scraped,
with emotion more draped.

Because I love the you in our next deaths,
Because I rely on the you in next breaths;

I have to change again, the rain pouring
Into the sun, steam flooding, scouring.

The medium is but a vehicle, if to give ink,
One note, pure silence, to escape the pain,
Bothered by existence, an axiom, one drink,
Growing in your eyes, trying to palm flame.

Because I love the you in our next deaths,
Because I rely on the you in next breaths;
Moving into motion, about greater cries,
Too much to break fantasy, too many eyes.

I can’t have what I want.
I can’t keep what I must destroy.
If given what I can’t contain,
If would hurt—it would break joy.

About this poem

Just trying my hand at a rhyming schematic.

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Written on January 10, 2022

Submitted on January 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAbbcc AA bb dedx AAff xgeg
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 859
Words 182
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4

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