Shadows of You
What happened to the days of wine and roses,
those barefoot walks that scattered morning dew;
lyric poems steeped in summer sunsets?
All I see are shadows of you.
The nonchalance of youth withers, dwindles,
replaced with ancient lullabies for two.
Intervals of anger rend tranquility
leaving just the shadows of you.
This solitary path, tho' not my choosing,
becomes a necessary measure to pursue
lost dignity, integrity. For now I'll be content
to dwell among the shadows of you.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XAXA XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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