A mathematical ray
I am as a wayward traveller,
Lost.
Lost as a wayward traveller's
Bound to be.
I tread the path I see
with no memory of the walk,
In me.
Even a wave traversing the ocean,
Knows its journey,
Though, not, its origin and end.
Even the air that flows,
Caressing the flowers,
Kissing the leaves,
Indeed, has a direction.
I move
as if to imitate,
The wave or the breeze.
Knowing full well
I do not have their purpose.
In a world where
Fullstops are stiffling,
I struggle to find a comma.
To take a break
One deserves a break,
Or so the world teaches.
I will not lie.
I'm tired
of this existence.
A mathematical ray
that moves on
Endless, through time and space.
Close these eyelids
Bid me goodbye.
I wish to curl up and sleep,
Till this world is no more.
The little human left in me,
Still hopes.
When I awake,
I shall see, not planes or angles,
But, colours.
About this poem
The world is a hard place to be when your pen is only true company.
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Written on October 19, 2022
Submitted by lydiapsaju on October 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAB ACB DBX AAAD XXAXA XCX EEA FXA XXA AFXX BAEAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 882 |
Words | 204 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5 |
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