That Missing Link
A step ahead
A step behind
The motion foreign
The distance blind
To look then forward
While looking back
The moment flounders
The line goes slack
The past—the future
Regret and hope
A sun now darkened
Your shadow gropes
A step ahead
A step behind
That missing link
—still yours to find
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 06, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABxb xcdc exxd ABxb e |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 317 |
| Words | 56 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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