To Guide And Delight
My reality secure
from the attacking winds
Sheltered by experience,
a fortress hard won
Neither fortune nor danger
can force their way in
All entrance is barred,
a mystery respun
An Eden contained,
in a legend foretold
Where peace and solitude
rekindle the light
Possessed of itself,
past-futures on hold
Its voice omnipresent
—to guide and delight
(Broomall Pennsylvania: August, 2019)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 03, 2019
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | XX XA XX XA XB XC XB XC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 372 |
Words | 61 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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