O Righteous Song! O Mortal Bloom!
Abstracted we waltz
in a limited ballroom
at the river’s edge,
where the undertow of Heaven strains.
O righteous song,
O mortal bloom.
We ripple, unaware,
like waves in a bird bath
ignorant of anything alien
to our ornamental basin.
O righteous song!
O mortal bloom!
It is not enough to seek
warmth, it must also be
our shadows that block
the only light in our homes.
About this poem
This poem is about the slow dance of life, where the choreography is mindless and none of us realize that there is more that exists outside what we see, and how often it is our two left feet, that stop us from seeing that.
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Written on July 08, 2022
Submitted by gonzalofiction on September 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | xaxx BA xxcc BA xxxx |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 81 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 2, 4 |
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