Reflection
From the very core of your being,
Reach out to touch a simple drop of rain.
In doing so,
you will touch everything:
Light,
Water,
Life,
Eternity.
Its ice crystal is no more,
no less, than you.
The light it contains,
Reflected,
Is no more and no less than you:
It holds everything there is.
Simplicity,
Complexity,
The beginning of time,
The end of time.
All contained in one small drop of water…
and in your own
Reflection.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXAXBXC XDXXDX CCEEBXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 405 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 7 |
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