Alone
As the tramp on the sidewalk that rattles
his cup with entitlement speaking monotone,
It is I who remain alone.
Like the elderly woman in the rocking chair
on the porch of a Southern mansion in a lazy
Alabama town after her family has grown,
It is I who remain alone.
As the silo that stands erect perpendicular
to the long fields cared for, braced
against tornados that howl and moan,
It is I who remain alone.
Like the woman who moves to the city of
long winters to live her embarassed dreams
and to sleep upon cold, raging stone,
It is I who remain alone.
With the wind hard on my chest, facing down a
dark road of doubt, distant to those who
choose to be young and happy, who get drunk
on love and certain futures unknown,
It is I, I who remain alone.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | xaA xxaA xxaA xxaA xxxaa |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 736 |
Words | 146 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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