Bound



Words dance before me
In a rhythmic way they run and play
And the syncopation
Has me chasing another lyrical high
This motivation is bigger than I
Bigger than me
Bigger than we
It's a self-fulfilling prophecy
That I can't get off of me
It sticks like so much glue
We once were two
But now we've transcended
Into a new

About this poem

My relationship with words has always been a happy and fruitful symbiosis...

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Written on October 04, 2022

Submitted by A.L.Wells on October 06, 2022

Modified on March 14, 2023

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114

Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDDAAAAEEFE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 322
Words 66
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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  • teril
    What a great way to dance with words- your writing has both movement and joy.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • izaan_s
    cool
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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