What Lies Beneath
What lies beneath
What lies below
This cold exterior
Of frosted snow
A fire burns inside
That cannot be contained
A flame I cannot hide
Burns on glistening coals
A spark, a flicker, a light
Warm and soft it grows
And with a ferocity it fights
To escape and burn through the snow
So fight on, yon flicker
Don't give up, lone flame
For in this wide world
A soul seeks out your name
That lies beneath
That lies below
This cold exterior
Of frosted snow
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Submitted on February 01, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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