Listen To The Silence
Listen to the prattle raging in your mind.
Who can fight the battle
of the double bind?
Listen to the shadow hiding in your shade.
Who can walk the meadow
as the masquerade?
Listen to the murmur pulsing in your heart.
Who can beat the tambour
for the flying start?
Listen to the insight taping in your head.
Who can find the delight
with the prior dread?
Listen to the portent looming in your hope.
Who can scale the ascent
of the slippery slope?
Listen to the silence muting in your soul.
Who can rank the violence
on the totem pole?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXA BXB CXC DXD EXE FXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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