Ivory scrimshaw



Ivory scrimshaw
Carved in delicate lines
dissolving music of silent wounds
to mystic chords of memory
 
Through the valley of our lives
the clock stands silent on the wall
arousing breath of the soul
 
The roots and leaves that quiver on the vine
transcend the mysteries abound
communicate compositions of symphonies
of the world within
 
The crumbling dust beneath the desert winds
echo sounds expanded in silence of our lives
cold marbled eyes translucent
gaze inward to the principle of our being
from which we struggle the paths
 Of many lives
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AXX XXXX XAXXXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 547
Words 94
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4, 6

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