INQUEST
I wandered alone down roads of dirt
That went on for miles uncounted
I drove along fields of lettuce and cotton
And splashed in summer’s ditches
I carefully watched the landscape
as it read my mind aloud
and the colors became me as I became
purple and indigo blue
I spoke to the sky and wondered why
It never seemed to answer
And the trees had faces but most were scary
So I didn’t talk to them
I traveled for miles hundreds it seemed
On my journey within a circle
Yet somehow when I passed again the
Same way the landscape was always anew
I wandered alone down desert roads
And the years were seventeen
And on my tour of inquisition
I met a woman like me
At times I glimpsed a shadow of her
Or the hem of her flowing skirt
We passed without a whisper on days
When silence was more than a word
She’s still there, I know she is
I wonder who she sees
But even more I wonder
If she ever thinks of me
CYNTHIA MARSH
About this poem
This poem in its entirety is about a place I loved and how it made me feel, the person I had become while living there, and how it all looked to me in my abstract mind. The experience truly changed me as a person. I was able to face my fears and win.
Written on July 17, 2015
Submitted by CindyG on May 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOHPQCKJARSTUJK |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 187 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
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