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Your Life Is A Rarity

Charles Edward York

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Your Life Is a Rarity

Your life is a rarity by comparison
The Maker of the universe says so
Even nature speaks you out loud
But silently, too as you are unique
The one of a kind energy,
Urgency and quickening pulse
Life beats in your heart
You only exists once
Every moment you are
Brings a verse
Only you can express
Only you can recite
You alone write your own poetry
Make your life count
Spell love on the pages of time
Before you are lost in the wind.

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Written on November 19, 2024

Submitted by charlesedwardyork on November 19, 2024

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Scheme A XXXXAXXXBXXXAXXX XB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 718
Words 139
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 16, 2
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Charles Edward York

Charles Edward York is an author and poet activist living in Plano, Texas. He’s written over 1400 poems and published 17 books of poetry. Born in Vietnam and raised a citizen in Dallas, Texas, he writes poems that include the subjects of love and relationships, nature, social justice, including police violence against African-Americans and minorities, astronomy and others. more…

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