Going Home
The famous phrase
"You can't go home again"
Is so true
For those of us who have tried
This has more meanings
Than just the obvious
The old ways are discarded
In favor of the new
Not because of avant garde
Not because of keeping up
Not because of being fashionable
Or immature rebelliousness
The simple truth is
As we grow, develop
Evolve and mature
The old ways don't work the same way anymore
We are as unrecognizable to home
As home is to us
This is not a bad thing
This is not a good thing
This is the way of all things.
About this poem
This poem was originally posted in 2014 on the old website and seemed to have been lost in the transition so I am reposting it now
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Written on 2014
Submitted by deepdavid on September 01, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAX BCXA XDXC XDXX XCEE B |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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