Silent Despair
Gary Willard 1970 (CT)
What is it of her that I confess today?
I glare at her silhouette with pain.
As I contentedly went about my way,
her path traversed my life one day
and upset the tread in my traveled lane.
Her demeanor was distant, quaint and kept;
it entrapped my fancy with a gentle sting.
She forced my reasoning to become inept
and obsessed my dreams each night I slept.
I surrender to the agony that each day will bring.
Do I suffer more now than I suffered then?
If I bore the authority of the events of time,
would I submit to encountering her again
or remit this moment among the days of when
I considered my state of solitude sublime?
In solitude still, I ponder the mere chance
that perhaps I, alone, could end the despair.
If I could strangle my pride and make an advance,
I would make each day with her more than a glance.
Yet I return to my shadows and adore her from there.
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Submitted by mrgwillard on February 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GHGGH |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 853 |
Words | 168 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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