Longing For Love
Neither the issue nor the sire,
neither fulfilment nor desire
am I for anyone,
am I for anyone.
I am as all men, the sunless sea,
the alien thule, mystery,
a fleeing wisp of light,
a fleeing wisp of light.
But I must look for friends and brothers;
I want to show myself to others
that seeing they will see,
that seeing they will see.
For this my lyric masochism;
I long to close the gaping schism,
and thus belong somewhere,
and thus belong somewhere.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 447 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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