Tidal Waves
The sight from the shore is something like a shadow
For it only stays in place as long as one wants it to
Its residuum as hard to point out as the grains of sand
And water the only meter of what's left but also gone
Love shall come from the water
But in the end must so return
The ocean is unforgiving in the eyes of the narcissist
But living by the tide has a price we all know
Waves will pull the same regardless of who swims
And a calm before the storm is the cruelest metaphor
Sometimes the ship never comes
But sometimes we are the ship
(Written on October 10, 2012)
© Ricky Randall
October 11, 2012
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AX XX BX XA XX XX B XB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 121 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2 |
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