Intentional Walking



I keep walking with my best intentions
Passed the school where I learned to spell.
Passed the place my father taught me
to ride a bike.
and caught me each time that I fell.
I keep walking and mind my intentions,
For utterances are the marrow of the soul,
Passed hexes best left unspoken,
Passed loveones I once held so close.
I keep walking
towards unblemished meaning,
towards an ancient, intuitive throng
where language receeds to intentions
and speech is converted to song.
I keep walking to the edge new galaxies
composed of dialects,
far too numerous to mention.
For you should know,
in this bleating confusion
I keep walking
with my best intentions.
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Written on August 16, 2022

Submitted by Boruni12 on August 28, 2023

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Scheme abcdbaefgHhiaijkflfHa
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 662
Words 131
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21

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