Crossing Over & Looking Back
Crossing over,
I thought I’d be different
Crossing over,
I thought things would change
Crossing over,
I thought I’d be better
Crossing over,
I fought through the rain
Now looking back,
I see demurely
Now looking back,
I see through the fog
Now looking back,
I see more clearly
Now looking back,
—through life's epilogue
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 11, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | Ax Ax Aa Ax Bc Bx Bc Bx c |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 364 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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