Tension
The arm thrusts skyward like
a rocket on a leash
and, stopped, still strains toward sun,
a clock’s tick from a snapped
restraint. The only movement
comes from heart’s tic, twitching
skin stretched tight from neck
to wrist, as fist sits poised
in space, its fingers clenched
as though on trigger, waiting
start of flight. Such tension’s
not just force of muscle.
No, mind triggers fancy’s
every flight, heart strains
against the least restraint
and soul’s forever poised
to rise, if only by
an arm’s length, into any
nearby source of light.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XXAX BXACX CXXB XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 533 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5, 4, 3 |
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