SHADOWS OF THE PAST



Shadows of the past
Haunt my world today,
Listlessly –
Lifelessly –
Like dreams now blown away.

Shadows bring back memories
Of some yester-time,
Achingly –
Mistakenly –
Like daggers through the mind.

Echoes of some better days
When life seemed oh so fair,
Then hoarsely
Rather coarsely --
Your dreams are now nightmares.

Echoes of a yester world
With hopes to fill the room,
Then suddenly
So utterly
All hope has turned to gloom.

Shadows bring false promises
Of better things to come,
Till truth doth dawn --
And children mourn --
To find life’s race has run!

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Shadows of the past Haunt my world today, Listlessly – Lifelessly – Like dreams now blown away.

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Written on December 01, 2013

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 22, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XABBA XXBBX XXBBX XCBBC XXXXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 626
Words 112
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3

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