Hourglass



I will not be a dying star.
Fading in the night.
Falling and forgotten.
Dimming in the sky.
Losing all my shine.
Darkening against the lights.

I will not be a broken branch
Deserted in the brush
Fallen and forgotten.
Rotten to the heart.
Withering in the light.
Gone and forgotten with evening's blush.

I will not be an hourglass
Buried in the sands of time.
Falling and forgotten.
A drifting grain of sand.
Used and reused.
Drained and stretched within the rhyme.

About this poem

Late night thoughts after watching Aladdin and thinking about legacies.

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Submitted by millaysmusic on December 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xaBxxx xcbxac xdBxxd
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 468
Words 99
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6

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