The lines in the sand



It´s with a sword that you draw these lines in the sand
Each tiny grain a piece of hate in the sky
Blinding you as the wind picks it up dry

It´s with a sword that you split us
The blade sharp enough to cut us
But not destroy us

Your wit was the grindstone
A windswept beach pad for this sand
This light free flowing sand
The tide darken us and we´re pleases

Laughing as you attempt to cut us
grinning at your sword
making it onto the hills sterilizing the bush
Laughing as you rust.

Salty front each wind throws us like a blessing
And your line is covered back up
Like a wound healed.
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Submitted on April 16, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABB CCC XAAX CXXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 586
Words 120
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4, 4, 3

Simon Elliott

Throughapoetseye.blogspot.comSimon Bernard Elliott.International poetry.It´s about creativity and real expression.I am a traveller, I´ve lived all over the world. Always in close proximity to nature and poetry. I´ve written since I was sixteen now I am 31. I aim to open people´s eyes with my poetry. I aim to entertain and also to provoke reactions. If I can do any of these things- I think the hours spent writing will all be worth it. more…

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