Patiently Waiting for Silence
Patiently waiting for silence
I patiently wait for silence
For bodies to stop moving
For air to enclose within itself
I wait until it's over
I get up and wash off the noise because its too loud on my body
I scrub each moan and lie off of my skin
And they go down the drain with the rest of the noise.
I patiently wait for silence after “Are you sure”
I’m not but I can’t beckon the words
I can’t reject because I know how it feels
So I lie back and welcome the noise
And continue to wait for silence
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Written on July 05, 2023
Submitted by sierrafutch9 on November 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A AXXXXXBXXXBA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 12 |
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