Unknown Flowers
the crack between two towering cliffs
in which i walk till day is done
leaves room by side for only one
for oftentime the cliff walls shift
a beam of brightness weaves a web
high above the ground i walk
so see, more there than just the talk
more to the journey than in my head
and lo! a blooming dafodil
but colored more than yellow's shine
it's crazed light calls out to mine,
a memory of a windowsill
my hands reach out, a phantom glance
and with no more control i grab
to take what nobody can have
to seize for ill the stars that dance
and with a rumble the walls fall down
whilst roots of flower old come up
the greatest walls they crush and rub
till rubble is the passage' crown
i stand in light once again to pass
and turn my head from where i stood
to heal, a stoic hero would
but i turn my head from the looking glass.
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Written on February 02, 2022
Submitted by HermioneHerondale on February 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAAX XBBX CDDC EXXE FXXF GHHG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 832 |
Words | 172 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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