The Awakening
I wandered on the waterfront
Where cherry blossoms grow
And took some petals
Into mind,
And then, II let them go
They were so pink
That God seemed vain
And naked to my eye,
But I was gathered in His grace,
As they began to fly
And as this beauty broke above
My wonder far below, it burst
In pulsing rings of light
That set the scene aglow
The blossoms flew
In ways their own,
Then on the river fell
Like teardrops from a mother’s eyes
When children perish well.
About this poem
The Epiphany & Moment of Truth - Or When Children Perish Well
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Written on April 15, 2015
Submitted by EugeneOsowski on January 08, 2022
Modified on April 16, 2023
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Scheme | XA X A XXB X B XXX A XXC XC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 486 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2 |
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