How Is It?
Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris 1958 (Illinois)
February 23How is it that a day
filled with brightness and light
Is followed by a night
mired in lonely chilly darkness
How is it that a soul
soaring high above the clouds
Falls tumbling back down to Earth
wrapped in barbed coils of despair
How is it that a smile
well practiced and performed
So easily turns when all alone
into a longing sorrowful frown
How is it that couples
find everlasting enduring love
While others flail along the way
searching, waiting, hoping every day
How is it that the north wind blows
a storm laced with bitter cold
And those south of the hemisphere
enjoy heat on the longest wintery day
How is it that life goes on
regardless of humanity’s plight
I suppose it’s with goodwill and faith
I wish you all a goodnight
About this poem
A reflection on life’s dichotomies.
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Written on February 04, 2022
Submitted by ami.oferris on February 05, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | ABBX XXXX XXXX XXAA XXXA XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 749 |
Words | 148 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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