Placement



III cast aside my hopes and dreams Into a tumultuous sea of struggle,
One that grips,
And tears me from my life
Not to take pity, choices abound,
Yet the powers leave only a glimpse.

Such aspirations,
Left to mold and rot
Circumstance, an ominous sort
Fate, once deemed turns obsolete

From my desolate chambers,
Dreary
A flicker of light from a stranger,
Too far to grasp within sight,

The flame burns ever bright
And slowly melt my soul
The winds of my essence,
As time lingers forth has distraught,

Once what was bright,
Lost in the darkness.
The sands in the glass
Settle, without redemption.

About this poem

I'm stuck in an office building 9 to 5 Monday to Friday,no windows.

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Written on August 25, 1997

Submitted by lsh2010 on March 30, 2022

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXX XXXX XXXA AXXX AXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 610
Words 126
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 4

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