Beneath the Surface



Devotions of time
Bent portions of wonderment
to frame, these bi-concave
lenses tricking imagination
to place, these values
for the spaces left
beneath the surface

Almost motionless
these escapes from air
these wanted darkened passageways
beyond any breath
slowest amorphous movement
beneath the surface

Shifting focus, these airs
above ground tensed, blushing
the assurance of daylight
while wandering the night
beneath the surface

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Written on August 08, 2023

Submitted by amelia_n on August 08, 2023

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Scheme xaxxbxC cxbxaC xxddC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 434
Words 65
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 5

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