Skies fall

Mark Cloutier 1972 (Kaneohe)



Skies fall
And eyes rise in the morning
Dawn breaks the day open
To another future that is now
There is no end
So why are they waiting?
And what are they waiting for?
I spent my last dime
On a cup of penny royalties
Every heaven I climb
I come down breathless
And every time it happens
There is more of them
Who never understand
Its written but they never know
Because the books are bound
They look and never find them
And it's all free
Its all free
And I leave high and dry
With wave after wave behind
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Written on May 08, 2015

Submitted by Markcloutier on September 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEBFGHGIJKLMNKOOPQ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 482
Words 101
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21

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