Babylon



step away from those tired eyes,
I told myself,
comeback from away
the flame’s gone tonight
burning from the inside
reminiscing the days of Babylon...

now a restless night
traces the footsteps of the days,
the destructive echo’s
finding that love is a lie,
feeling the silent lashes of the breezes
coming from the past
shredding the stories
into adaptions  
hugging bones left from glory days,
when it was deluxe to be a queen.

still a long distance away,
in our small space, I stay still, observing
what she longs for & what I can grant her
to cover the naked exodus,
just for the air to pause
so she could release the heavy sigh
 
I think I’d lost her when I found her past
it’s time for me to be home without her
where there’s a spacious room
but hard to move when she’s in a trance
a memory could be lying anywhere,
spilled, crowded, and stuffed in my room  
from Babylon...

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reminiscing about old prime days

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Written on March 19, 2023

Submitted by azdi404 on March 19, 2023

Modified on March 19, 2023

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Scheme AXBCXD CEXFXGXAEX BXHXXF GHIXXID
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 914
Words 190
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 10, 6, 7

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  • luisestable1
    If one knows what Babylon represents in the history of mankind and the world, one appreciates this poem even more.
    A poem that carries much history.
    LikeReply1 year ago

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