Analysis of Time waits not



Voices expressing all that swirls inside the mind
Lashing out like viscous whips
Hitting their target dead on with the ultimate vigor
Dissent of views turned sour

30 days silent have the voices been
The hearts space once fully occupied seems to now bleed
Left in purgatory’s harsh grip
Waiting for what never may come

Wallowing in reflective thought
Perhaps eternity will embrace this state of being
Bandaging a wound unnecessarily with hope

Time is suppose to heal all wounds
False
Time helps give cool heads and apologies
False
Time creates a void that can never be filled…
Possible

Dark numbness spreads throughout the veins
Filling the void with inky energy
Subtle voices of apologetic nature spill

Empty responses filling the gap between
Hollow feelings pressured by outside influences
Carving out deep relations into mere piles
Left littered to be swept away

Missing the optimism flowing outwards
Hoping to no longer be suffocated by dismay
Reaching out with hearts own yarning
Listening for an nothing and everything

Time is nothing if it holds nothing
True


Scheme xxaa xxxx xbx xCxCxx xxx xxxd xdbb bx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 100101110101 1011101 10110111010010 0111110 11010101 011110101111 10111 10111011 10000101 01010010111110 1010100011 11011111 1 1111100100 1 10101111011 100 11010101 1001110100 101010010101 10010100101 101010111100 10110100111 11011101 1001001010 1011101100101 1011111 1001110010 111011110 1
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,078
Words 185
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 6, 3, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

This is written regarding the divide in the world over things that are meaningless compared to what life holds more important

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Written on March 29, 2024

Submitted by Kixy on March 29, 2024

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