Ride Home
Black and silver and dusted green
Sun rays pour down a heavenly scene
The rain shines hot on the shield of pride
The sum of the two turns to steam and glide
Pull of the wind like a horse and a plow
Heaving steadily heavy and soothing some how
Grimy white warriors tower up tall
Twisting and writhing so frightening to all
Steadily advancing high on the knoll
Shadowed I flank them, an unnoticed soul
Retreating through maples and pines and fences
Leaving conflict behind with all my defenses
Before me the twilight softly is calling
As silhouettes begin stretching and slowly start crawling
The crows soar to roost as the shadows are near
Feathered phantoms in darkness they just disappear
Moments last eternal while old souls grow older
As the blazing inside shrinks to a smolder
Dust off the road and run through a comb
And soon another day and another ride home
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 845 |
Words | 154 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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