The Beginning
A.D. Small 1987 (Indiana)
The Beginning
Alexander's Saga Part: 1
Butterfly wings beat against the window pane
Only silence follows the sound of the rain
Outside is dark and damp
The only light comes from an old lamp
Dad reads the evening paper on nights like this
Mom stops her knitting, and gives Dad a kiss
The same simple routine comforts me
But the rain turns the silence to agony
There is something that Mom doesn't want Dad to know
If words could turn into vines, up the wall they would go
The tension hangs like tar on an old tin roof
The air in the room smells like stale truth
I almost thought of breaking open the silence
But the silent air makes my soul wince
My eyes quickly dart to Dad in his old chair
Looking calm as usual without a care
He softly chuckles, as he reads the comics
I can hear the clock in the hall as it ticks
Minutes pass by and I turned my gaze to Mama
She smiled at me with the slightest comma
I looked at her with wondering eyes
And she shocked me with the sweetest surprise
For, in that very moment, my heart flutters
Mama looked at me, and my mouth stutters
She said, soon you will become a sister Sara Ann
And thats how the saga began
A.D. Small
December 5, 2021
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Submitted by amberp.35129 on December 23, 2021
Modified by amberp.35129 on January 19, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X AABBCCDDEEXXXXFFGGHHIIJJKK XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,177 |
Words | 233 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 26, 2 |
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