A Caravan of Souls
A CARAVAN of SOULS
(by d.k.debell)
Through Desert Sands / & Mountain Passes –
We Cross Dead Seas / & Seas of Grasses;
We Drink from Bowls / & Not from Glasses –
A Nectar Sweeter / Than Molasses.
We Suffer Failure / Without Disaster –
We Endure Hardships / But Serve No Master;
Like Marbled Stone / We Spurn the Plaster –
Our Skin is Bronze / Not Alabaster.
In Drought or Flood / We Blame the Rain –
By Shedding Blood / We Ease the Pain;
We Mythologize / What we can’t Explain –
And Ponder the Questions / That Remain.
From Moab to Edom / We Play our Roles –
As Performers & Spectators / In this Caravan of Souls;
As Witnessed by the Evidence / Of our Trail of Holes –
Left by the Presence of / Our Tent & totem Poles.
In Jars of Clay / We Keep our Mysteries –
By Word of Mouth / We Share our Histories;
Without Shame or Fear / & with no Apologies –
We Proudly Horde & Display / Long Lost Antiquities.
About this poem
A Fantasy Venture through an Imaginary Land. Written sometime this Century.
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Submitted by GideonFaust on December 28, 2023
Modified by GideonFaust on December 28, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 935 |
| Words | 206 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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