Calm and Storm
Have you ever paused, calm and wondrous
On a small cliff, presiding
Over storm clouded cove, gazing
Upon silent sea and pondered
The why of life
And death, covering
All that lies between?
Have you let that serenity
Pass within, pitting calm against storm,
Matching inner turmoil against
External angst, where you and else
Become as one
Yet separate, and
Reality and oneness intertwine?
This I have done, if only briefly
Pictured in flow from hand
To character, to pen, to light upon
The blank universe that is parchment
A theme of torment
Cast to serene, and
Once lying there, remembered!
About this poem
This poem was written after contemplating one of my pencil drawings of a cove covered by storm clouds. I was also in a very depressed mode at the time and trying to extricate myself from a downward spiral.
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Written on November 14, 2023
Submitted by crispeng on March 23, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
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