Wedding cake



What is the taste of time
a year from now? Will it be
       as sweet?
 A mixture of
    emotions
perhaps;
        like woven strings
threaded together
    and bound into
             a coat; rough
          but warm and sturdy—
     For whom is the wind sculpting?
         What is each crest and trough
     but tattoos of devotion
          carved directly into stone?
   In each crevice,
a rhythmic pattern,
    like curves in the sand:
each line inevitable,
       travelling side by side
    to where the end
meets the beginning

About this poem

Inspired by my wedding cake and a Zen garden where I draw peace - like the feeling I get when being with my partner.

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Written on June 07, 2022

Submitted by thinh.t.ha on June 07, 2022

Modified on March 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIJBKLMNOPQRSTK
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 520
Words 80
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22

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