LATER

Kristine M. Conlan 1954 (Australia)



Contemplation
no expectation
realization has arrived.
Full sedation
no moderation
is the reason I survived.
Reckless style of living life
with all its joys and all its strife
was like cutting butter with a knife
too easy for me.
A troubled mind can be unkind
unless you learn to unwind.
Be the captain of your own ship
even when you start to slip...
hang on to the sides.
calmer waters lie ahead.
You can sleep when you are dead.
We don't always make the bed
we are forced to lie in.
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Written on February 01, 2022

Submitted by conlankristine on January 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABAABCCCDEEFFGHHHI
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 484
Words 100
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19

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