Particles



Midsummer heat, and us in silence
the flickering of a polar star
once led us to one another
and as particles, we fell apart

Dissipated like fog upon the ocean
exhaled by the trees—sweet oxygen
we drift like leaves in airy motions
until the silence comes again
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Written on August 06, 2024

Submitted by Berxiton on August 07, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AAXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 264
Words 50
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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  • sunrasmoondog
    Nice use of analogous metaphors draws you in . enjoyed subtle theme and tones .
    LikeReply3 months ago

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