Venire Ad Vitam



When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can see the words

Shaped and formed
with wings
of gold
 freeing what I’ve heard

When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can taste the wind

Calling forth
my hopes and dreams
tendered from within

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 26, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCx xxxx ABCx xxx x
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 263
Words 54
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 1

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