I wrote Time a Letter
I wrote Time a letter.
“Slow down?” was all I asked.
When “Why?” was all she posted,
I wrote to her the facts:
“I want to live there.
In the sight of his sweet eyes.
A duration long and fair,
Time frequently denies.
In his feeling,
I see where wave meets shore.
A sight and sound all too healing…
Time moves me and ignores.
Time: my letter.
I posted you the facts,
it is an urgent matter.
Please, write me back?”
‘If I slow down,” Time wrote,
“Dreaming will be your estate.
Living there,” she noted,
“This sight for you won’t wait.
Do this favor:
Live as you are.
Be his heart’s good neighbor.
Time will lend the sugar.”
About this poem
Written as both a letter to time, to herself, and as a gift to another expressing love and promise, “I wrote Time a Letter,” is a poem Lucas believes is timeless and fruitful for those young and full of heart who often forget the importance of practicing patience.
Written on February 14, 2022
Submitted by ShannaLucasOfficial on May 13, 2023
Modified by ShannaLucasOfficial on May 13, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXB CDCD EXEX ABAX XFXF AXAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 151 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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