No More Eden
It's the continual
opening of the
eyes that disappoints,
not that sleep brings peace,
but it's the momentary
reprieve from life's
clenched fist, and
it's ruthless apathy.
Life is a toss of
the coin,
a roll of the dice.
Often, it's snake eyes.
As a kid, I always
thought that everything
would be alright.
Now I see the
randomness of
it all.
I'm always trying to
get back to Eden.
Sometimes, the
dreamer in me
forgets the futility.
The banishment is
forever.
About this poem
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Submitted by casepoet on December 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 461 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 10, 7 |
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