What of it?

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



Shoals cross my mind.
I try connecting to bliss.
What's this sadness I'm feeling?
Changes procrastinate and hiss.
I'll wait for them to carry me with them.
Into their watery abyss
And disintegrate into the slow rush.
Down they'll push me, past creatures noones ever seen. That I'll never glimpse.
Ones with neon lights and illuminated forms.
Below the calls of whaleships and carefree cruising holidaymakers glasses.
And the solemn helicopter rescuers that search in vein, bellowing my name at the echoes of lost lives.
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Written on October 07, 2022

Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on October 07, 2022

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDBEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 519
Words 94
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11

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