Age
You ask for words of meaning,
A glimpse into my soul...
A delicate tracery of thought
dropped into the pool of humanity;
creating small ripples.
Eventually gone.
You ask for simple songs of joy,
Chiming words of gladness...
A gentle echo of laughter
remembered and treasured by all who hear;
for a time.
Lovely but transient.
I hug the threadbare coat of age
around thin shoulders,
gazing into twilight's end...
Searching for familiar voices
and the small grey birds
nesting in my garden.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 471 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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