Through the substance of our lives



Through the substance of our lives

Awake in our sleep
we sleep to wake in our dreams
Through the substance of our lives
 
Slow moving Hands tilted
toward the filtered light
Reveal deep set lines
and shadows that speak with age
 
potted plants soil in hand
Kneaded moistened compost
in clods of living earth
Planted seedlings in morning light
delicate fingers push in the ground
 
Pass through harvests of plenty
Our earthly journey toward the sun
in time and space so near
 
in the presence of its place
through the gift of its simplicity
in its freedom of that which is  
right and all that turns toward
the wisdom of the light  
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A xxA xbxx xxxbx cxx xcxxb
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 631
Words 118
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 4, 5, 3, 5

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