Fireflies
My life turns on
Like fireflies do
Your life turns around
As mine does too
My Life lights up
Like a fireflies light
My love for you
Is saying goodnight
Out on an island
Are my goodbyes
For my letters are now present
And the burning flames mix with the milk black sky
For now goodbye
I’ll see you soon
Until now and then you’ll forget me too
Your lights flash on
Like modern cars
You lay your seatback
Ready to connect
My cats’ fears
Rumble through storms
Your life's work
Burned throughout hesitation
For my life’s dream job
Is now in hell
And my life now gone
For now, you’ll see
I see what you see until I flash
A way to leave your world behind
If I die before I wake
I pray the Lord, my soul, to take
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Submitted by ezlynn on March 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB XCBC XXXD DXB AXDX XX XX XXXX XXEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4 |
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