Drifted
Dusty Papyrus
Metal case brown of rust
Flipped open on a shelf
Closes all by itself
Protesting how it hasn’t been opened for aeon
No denies, pass me on.
Flipping from cover to cover
Yet this verse lies further and further
Who reshuffled The Book?
Or has it been amended while not I look?
I now knoweth Oh Lord today,
I have drifted so much away.
I plead guilty to having lost
Find me like a sheep from a cliff fall
Throw me a rope
Pull me closer to your hope.
About this poem
The poem centers on the need to return to God after years of self-withdrawal from Him.
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Submitted by jerrylov322 on January 04, 2024
Modified by jerrylov322 on March 24, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAABB CCDDEE XXFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4 |
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