Eyes and Words



They have gone far away
with a helping of nothing
no longer caring
between two paths "truth and lies".

They leave used
between one side and another
and save wounds
to see and remember the words never end.

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Atambua-NTT, 11 March 2021
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Submitted by telaga_s on March 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAX XXXX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 237
Words 44
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1

Silivester Kiik

Silivester Kiik: is a teacher, writer, activist literacy "Pensil Community", Founder "Sahabat Pena Likurai". He has published his own poems and shared anthology books. Currently living in Atambua-NTT-Indonesia. more…

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