Once



All the ones who went away
who filled my life until the day
there came a change I did not see
when they did leave and went away

Memories now just remain
of what was before the day
yet they now do fade away
of what was before that day

Now I sit quiet dark
thinking of all that’s lost
memories just of what was
that do slowly fade away

Days do still quickly fly
endless do the years go by
and I do continue on
further from what once was

once there was what I recall
shadows of memories that do fade
of before there came a change
and they all did go away
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Submitted by wakofoed on November 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXA XAAA XXBA CCXB XXXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 567
Words 119
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

William A. Kofoed

William A. Kofoed was born in Logan Utah. He now lives in Magna Utah. He was a member of Mormon Youth Chorus and the Jay Welch Chorale. He is a published photographer. He started writing poetry in high school and he has been published in Poetry Quarterly, Utah Life and The Route 7 Review. more…

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