Perpetual Saturday
The news rolled through like a vacuum
As the rug yanked out from under me
Emptied my bones in a white washed tomb
When time stopped on Saturday
The idle clock mocks me, without turn
While I re-run the scene like a screenplay
Reliving a moment I just can’t discern
As my story unraveled that Saturday
Hope’s palette of color abruptly withdrew
All the world’s pigment, a dull black and grey
Living one day on repeat, out of view
In my private hell of Saturdays
Behind my eyes lie damned up rivers
As the cracks in my smile begin to decay
Rewriting memories, as real ones wither
Romancing days prior to Saturday
This morning I heard the song of a lark
In the smile of a stranger passing my way
I unpacked my bones with dreams to embark
To a world with a future past Saturday
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Written on September 26, 2023
Submitted by David_Zeoli on September 26, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 154 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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