Past & Present
Destruction's wake
Place I lie
Waiting for the savior
Lost to the silence
Fear absolute
Till the one comes
To heal what was broken
To save what was lost
To reveal the past
To relieve the hurt
Oaths betrayed
Sorrow insistent
Pain imminent
Rejection possible
Shall what is true prevail?
Or be extinguished?
Love is certain
Peril unknown
Shall it shatter?
Shall it heal?
Only one decides
One word makes
One word breaks
Destruction ever closer
Shall the savior come
Or shall they watch
Past is over
Present is now
Future is possible
But only one can choose
The possibilities
The future holds
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Submitted on April 12, 2014
Modified on April 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXA XX XBXXX XCCD XX BX AXXEE AXX AXD XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 2, 5, 3, 3, 3 |
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