That flame/That wish
What would be your only wish?
Did you know that the moon is really a fish?
You can wait 30 years but for a fallen star
Always dreaming, secretly hoping
That We weren't so far
Strive to drink all the wine in the world you can find
Kill your lungs with the smoke
" To get out of my mind"
Get your family settled down in the Var
Have nice children, a garden, a wife
How bizarre...
Having all that you have
Why is there still a void?
You keep pushing it down
You just get too annoyed
But there's something inside you
Like a tremor, a subtle blemish
Confessing you - your life's on cracks
Under a flame that'll never perish
You won't be here - on Earth forever
So better start living YOUR life
That flame, that wish is pure Awareness
Screaming devoutly
" I WANT OUT!"
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Written on February 14, 2022
Submitted by yuliya.ladnaya on February 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 181 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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