A Fairytale Box
Nahla Amer 1980 (Egypt)
A fairytale box full of secrets , full of treasure..
Though seems small yet too deep , how much it takes!! No one can tell , no one could measure..
Tightly closed with an old rust key , it’s been too long since one even tried to remove its lock ..
The fact is that all that’s in shall not come out …when full to the rim , it shall unlock ..
That which can’t be endured is down there ,things we keep far from reach of those who mock ..
Years and years did add to the box , that one shall wish to pause its
clock ..
All in there gave a full vision of what lies beneath souls , beyond words , and what eyes hide behind a smile ..
It takes so long to fill the box ,yet to open with rare ones ,it only takes a very short while ..
Reaching the bottom is diving deep in one’s soul , before you judge in their path, you walk a mile ..
The heart too is a fairytale box full of treasure..
Though you wish you kept it closed, yet it’s what gives life meaning, gives it pleasure..
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Submitted by Nahlaamer on September 10, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 997 |
Words | 205 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 3, 2, 2 |
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