Meteoric
Meteoric
How alike we are to meteors?
Challenging ourselves, diving into the atmosphere.
Facing the friction – the burning away that shapes and twirls us – out of control
Finding our groove, gaining our vision and heading for a target
Only to realize that to stay the course, we must burn up and die.
How many of us realize that by rising above the burn
By lifting ourselves above that chafing atmosphere
We might sustain our lives and make the most of the time we have?
And, perhaps, take a better angle on those goals we hope so to achieve.
In time, we will all enter the atmosphere.
Most of us will burn up, helpless to right ourselves.
But a few of us will make an impact.
About this poem
This is a poem I wrote about the decisions and challenges many of us face as professionals and in our personal lives.
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Written on May 30, 2015
Submitted by Neeber on March 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGCHICJK |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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