Alderamin Is Falling

Jimmy Ash 1983 (Saint Louis, Missouri)



A feeling as old as this tree I carve our names into.
It never fails, the memories burn with every branch.
This night sky never looked so bright in your warmth,
But I see our star is falling...
  
  When did this heart get so jaded?
A supercharged pain that bleeds me from the inside.
They say that our love is stronger than this world could hold,
But its gravity is pulling me down.
  
  I tried to turn a blind eye from the pain that sleeps in me.
But all in all, I'm forced to fall into those tragic lullabies.
This bliss was a facade of everything I ever wanted,
But again, our star is falling...
  
  When did this heart get so jaded?
A supercharged pain that bleeds me from the inside.
They say that our love is stronger than this world could hold,
But its gravity is pulling me down.
  
  So now I sit and wonder why I wrote this song,
That time will set you free to know where you belong.
And I'll burn my hands putting this star back in the sky,
As long as I can breathe, that love will never die...

About this poem

A song for Sweetpea.

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Written on August 01, 2011

Submitted by JimmyAsh83 on June 08, 2022

Modified on March 09, 2023

1:06 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxxa BCDE xxba BCDE ffgg
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,027
Words 218
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Jimmy Ash

I had numerous poems published since 1998, when I was a teenager in my Sophomore year. Aspiring novelist. more…

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3 Comments
  • teril
    This is a lovely poem, the rise and fall of love, the sad sentiments are familiar.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • IndigoHeart
    Oh the perils of gravity and the heart. Love the imagery, thanks for sharing!
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • abielias1
    I knew immediately from reading this that it was a song; your poetry has a lovely natural rhythm to it!
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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