Tulips
My eyes open far and wide,
To see the broken bottles and cracking stones,
Upon the sea of trees and stars
A solitary tulip wakes to the evening sky
Alas its flame is not mine to perceive
Upon its shine do I seek life
It quivers in the morning rain with dew upon its face
Thriving in the summer odes of others abloom
Oh the life I see, oh the life I feel
When it's just me and the blue flame,
Gazing afar
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Submitted by Nighti on October 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 414 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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