Lost Intentions
Lost Intentions
In inward conversation
Stagnant pools of dreams
Rummaging through thunder-
The lightning in between
The grating echoes whisper
Within the deep ravine
Wonder-less the mystery
In this vast extreme
Devote yourself to hardness
Endure, for who can say
If the rains will come again-
And wash the past away
I plunge into old dreams
I try philosophy
I'm met with indignation
The pools mirror the seas
Slowly I am drowning
Encircled by the stones
We forged to make a palace
We carved to build a home
But when the blossoms wilt
In the sultry sun
The smell of dying flowers-
No one can outrun
Left with rage it's only
The last thing left to try
Dreams forsake the valleys
Stars deny the sky
Part your blistered lips
Speak so I can know-
What happened to the future
Where do intentions go?
Curtained by the mountains
Reverent to the old
There's little left to build with
When the worlds been sold.
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Submitted on August 14, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCD CDEX FGXG BEAH XXFX XAXA EIHI XJCJ XKXK |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 865 |
Words | 162 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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