Grand Canyon
Finding the meaning of freedom
In the worn yellow lines on the road
And the gnarled wood of the forest
Deep, deep down in the valley
Sun beating down on
Blood red rocks in the hall of time
Standing, on the edge
Wind in my hair
Arms up just as the sun greets the sky
It arcs way above the craggy ledges
And pine forests
Just to set below the cold metal
Of the fence posts in bitter spring air
Adventurous hikers make their camp
A mile beneath our beds
Their fires burning, just
Barely visible in the inky black abyss
Unlike the multitude of stars
Are they brighter?
Or is it just darker here?
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Submitted on April 10, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 572 |
| Words | 115 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 7 |
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