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Time

Joanna Martinez 1984 (Havana)

May 22 
Free verse
As the day comes to end, nightfall begins.
Fast pace without a moment to breathe.
And yet we wait for night to fall upon us.
Seeking refuge in the starring sky’s embrace.
For it is the never ending hustle of humanity changing.
Rushing through the crowd of diversity in all its forms.
To do the same thing yet again the next day, and the next, and the next...
Always too late, yet never too soon to enjoy the simplest of pleasures.
Intimidated by the very friend and foe... TIME.
TICK, TOCK,TICK,TOCK... TIME...

Ever so slowly but quickly slipping by.

About this poem

I wrote this poem because I was in a recent car crash while I was taking my two little girls to school. I realize that time can be given or taken at any moment.

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Written on May 26, 2022

Submitted by joeykairituto.jm on May 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXXXXAA X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 553
Words 112
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 1
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Joanna Martinez

I was born in Cuba, my parents and I came to the United States when I was 3 years old. Now I have a family of my own, I am a mother of 4 beautiful girls and I have a wonderful husband who supports me in every thing I do. more…

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