The Best Thing
To believe or deny,
enlightenment dares
Our lack of acceptance,
a three-legged chair
We feel it and breathe it,
and live it for sure
As minds are left gasping
at something so pure
At this very point
rejection sets in
Our spirit’s attacked,
the reasoning thin
Century upon century
will come and will go
But what can’t be explained
—the best thing to know
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: December, 2020)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 08, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB XCXC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 383 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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