The Moment That Made The Pain Come Back



The bus' lights at night annoy me.
I melt with the window to see

Beauty of where I live at night,
To see through that florescent light

My friends, the music, magnetic cords
In a dream -- shot up like nine swords

A figure with your hat and your stance
On the dart station platform, trance

Emotional enigmatic
Your black figure steps forward, emphatic

My forehead had been pressed, too,
With my thinned eyes to see you

I spiked, like lightning struck, hypnotic
Piercing light, and you, -- neurotic

But until the bus moved ... still staring
Unbeknownst to me ... still caring

Frayed wires, for the spark, scours
And droops over like dead flowers
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Written on November 09, 2022

Submitted by CellarDoor on December 01, 2022

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF EE GG HH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 650
Words 124
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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