Potential
Here I sit
cold, alone, yet
I am surrounded by warmth
Here i sit
sad, pained, yet
I am pressed by joy
Here i sit
crying, dying inside, yet
encircled by love
I am here
trapped inside this cave
this horror
alone
alone, yet
crowded by beings
I'm drowning,
falling,
suffocating,
screaming to escape
yet,
do i really wish to break away?
Do i reject this warmth?
this hapiness?
this love?
I run i scramble i dash
away
maybe
perhaps
could be
just
to see who follows?
I realize
and then
It began to rain
I stood
and suddenly
I too was in that circle
that light,
that warmth, yet
I turn to see another
sitting
cold, alone...
I extend my hand
to cure,
to do
what had not been done for me
together we rise
we stand
tall
proud
strong
and warm
we are no longer cold
nor sad
nor so alone
We're free
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 155 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 6, 3 |
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