Habit
Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)
Is the greater fear, new possibility,
or that the same we will remain.
Entrenched in familiarity,
a pawn in our own game.
We hold so fast,
to this sinking ship.
Clamped tightly to its mast,
scanning for the future,
while stuck firmly in the past.
Anchored to the known,
by fear and delusion
its more potent soft feathered friend,
These stories that we sell ourselves.
Till the telling end..
About this poem
about habit and conditioning
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Written on March 26, 2024
Submitted by robertl.92681 on March 26, 2024
Modified by robertl.92681 on March 26, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXAX BXBXB XXCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 396 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5 |
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