My Present Spins
In limbo from indecision,
on loan from futures past
Deceit became my calling card,
deception first and last
Borrowing from a fantasy,
while stealing from a lie
The treadmill turned inside itself,
my spirit churning blind
But within this dark implosion,
a voice would call my name
And in its words I heard “escape,”
an exit from the shame
In hopes of a new becoming,
old guilt I cast remiss
As inside out, and outside in,
my present—spins in bliss
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 30, 2017
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Scheme | AB XB XX XX AC XC XD XD X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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