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Day Break

Gladys Shaw 1961 (Mississippi)

January 22 
Rhymed
Into the night, I steal away.
I’ve survived another day
My friends, my enemies fade to dust.
To sleep, I can’t.  To dream, I must.
Travel to some place alone.  Far from reality, Far from home.  I’ll rule Kingdoms, Worlds I’ll make.
All before the next day breaks.

About this poem

How I feel every night when I go to sleep. I anticipate my dreams and how I’ll do so many things in them I can’t do in the real world.

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Written on January 02, 2022

Submitted by gb3636.ef on January 02, 2022

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 272
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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