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...
About this poem
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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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBCXD CEXFXGXAEX BXHXXF GHIXXID |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 914 |
Words | 190 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 10, 6, 7 |
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