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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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A B X B C X C B D X E X E X A X A X D X X
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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