The Trail
Twisting and turning like a snake,
I slither, across great landscapes and lush forests
full of thorns and ripe berries.
I have heard the willows weeping
and the great breath of the sky.
Seen electric rivers reflecting myself.
Time for little bird to leave the nest
never to look back.
Time to be the wind,
flowing like silent blizzard.
Time.
Time takes me out
on a walk.
Takes me to let it all out,
all that I've collected.
Beaming like a beacon
All that I am
is all that is,
recieved and projected
in an empty cinema.
I want to step out of myself
to see without eyes,
this greatness from a higher ground.
But just as I seem to be leaping,
I become a sparrow.
Rekindled, winds caressing my dark brown feathers,
we play for a while - me and the wind -
until the setting sun tells me it's time for sleep
So I spin around without a goal but following a trail,
set before me by myself - looking for today.
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Submitted on August 12, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XXXAXB XXCXX DXDEX XXEXBXX AXXCX XX |
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 872 |
| Words | 174 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5, 7, 5, 2 |
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