Today I Had Lunch



Today I had lunch.

I had lunch with a man that can make time stand still.

A very serious man is he,

Sprinkled with humor.

From darkness to light,

Does he bring the wonders of the world into your heart.

Silently this can be done,

And madness would not matter.

You see.

He sees.

He sees everything.

He spoke about people before him; after me, and some on the otherside.

Inviting me to see, all that he has seen.

But I listened, and saw just as much.

You have one moment in time.

The past made his.

The present he takes.

As history he makes.

Today I had lunch.

I had lunch with a man that sees everything.  

But I saw him, before he saw me.
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Submitted on November 25, 2020

Modified by DAReid on November 25, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A x b c d x x c e d x x x x f f A e b
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 617
Words 126
Stanzas 19
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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