Pen
Sometimes I wonder if what I write can be used to live
To carve out an existence through a stable hand
The first time I read The Count of Monte Cristo I thought
“How can such ecstatic life and desperation come from words on a page?
How incandescent it must feel to live on through eons like this.
How timeless, how honored, to create such beauty that can experienced limitlessly.”
I never aspire to that greatness, as I know it’s not in me
The time of great men has passed, Whitman is just a dream
But perhaps there is something in me that can be passed down
Some epilogue of my existence that can ripple beyond me
I want to live with passion through pen and ink,
though long nights and candlelight
About this poem
searching for permanence
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Written on March 11, 2024
Submitted by joshlucas on March 11, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX XXXX AXXA XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 707 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 2 |
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