Eternity
And when we were happy
even with this defensive Paradise of the soul then
the most terrible truth was death.
Later when t
he white Bird
fled from our hands
we hoped it might come back again
but nothing could console
our soul and our eyes.
Because happiness is not tangible...
It's given and it's not given...
Appears and disappears...
While the most dominant and everlasting presence
is death...
No matter how remote it is
it is certain that no one would be able
to touch its Eternity
completely indifferent to the madness
and the passions of the moment
it sits and waits.
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Submitted on January 05, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABC AXXBXX DXX XC XDAXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 6, 3, 2, 6 |
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