The race of life
To my brother, from another mother,
I write from here, beyond the horizon...
That life is strange for everyone.
A ball of soft thread, without purpose.
We are what we all are.
Some machines that walk without wheels,
Sparking flames that burn each one,
One single road and no other way.
The asphalt and the hard gravel of life
Are tearing flesh from our whole body.
And with each sunrise and sunset
We become smaller, and it starts to hurt.
We greet each other, crying at the crosses,
And bid each other farewell at stops.
Then, we leave our places to other generations,
For in the race of life, in the end, we die.
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Submitted by vasile_s on September 28, 2024
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Scheme | ABBX AXBX XXXX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 132 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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