This Morning
As I awoke with fog-clouded brain
And mind ever-wandering,
I realized I needed to listen:
Listen with my nose;
Listen with my eyes;
Listen with my ears;
Listen with my heart,
For those things which arrive unnannounced;
A touch; a smile; a look; caring; respect;
A word; a poem which touches me
In a way I didn't think anything ever could;
I need to listen beyond the words,
To the feelings, the passion, the thoughts;
What it meant, and what it means
To me or someone else;
This morning, I woke up to what and who I really need to be.
Thank you!
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Submitted on October 28, 2012
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XXXAA XBX XXXX B |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 3, 4, 1 |
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